All,
I would like to apologize for my earlier comments concerning this topic (which is a great one, by the way). I stumbled onto this thread while exploring this incredible forum of which I am a new member and did not take the time to see that this section is titled "D1 Questions". I am a pipefitter-welder by trade, and the term "no grinding" when it concerns a pipe test is not heard very often, but it would go without saying that you would not be permitted to grind on a pipe weld cap to make it presentable. Grinding on tacks, root passes, and 7018 starts is expected, and I would think a welder is a damn fool if he didn't do this. I'm just coming from a different perspective on the thing, and I apologize again for any raised blood pressure or thrown wrenches I might have caused.
Glad to be here (waccobird, I looked at some of your other posts, where's my "welcome to the forum"?),
Weldin (now actually working as Welding Supervisor/CWI for a worldwide company) Fool.