Phil,

I am not at all certain but I don't know there is any law/restriction against copying a standard for private use w/out any intent to publish, distribute or sell.  Could be wrong but I'm hardly waiting for the authorities to raid the shop.

Regarding qualifying a groove weld to prove mechanical properties in order to establish a fillet weld PQR, this discussion was more or less beaten to death about a year and a half ago with the consensus, being supported by both the exact language of the code, several respected members of this forum and the specific direction of the AWS member who administers the D1.2 code, that fillet weld PQRs do not need to be qualified by any other means not stated in the code and that anyone insisting a groove weld was a necessary step in qualifying a fillet weld was wrong, without exception and regardless of their personal opinion or their interpretation of the code.

Per the above sources a D1.2 fillet weld is to be qualified using the appropriate figure from the code and requires successful macro etch testing.  Our D1.2 PQR was conducted under the supervision of an AWS CWI  of 30 year experience who also put his stamp on the WPS.  The WSDOT Inspection Division accepted our documentation and every weld and fabrication without exception and actually praised the work performed as exceeding their usual expectations.  The city engineer and the engineer for the civil company responsible for construction oversight both made personal efforts to thank us for completing a well done part of the project.

And the sky still has not fallen.  Nor do I think it will.