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The text below is typed, NOT copied and pasted; so beware typos!

Also, the sectioning and metallographic exams of thin fillets is not too difficult and very valuable.

Get yourself a copy of D17.1 and make sure you are in proper context in all matters before moving forward in welder performance or procedure qualification.


D17.1 2001
4.3.8.1 (Inspection.) Test welds shall be inspected and accepted or rejected in accordance with criteria for Class A welds, Except a 1/2 inch. discard may be taken at the ends of groove and fillet weld coupons in sheet or plate. Visual inspection shall be accomplished in the as welded condition. Bend testing in accordance with AWS B4.0 may be substituted for X-ray of groove welds and metallographic cross sections of fillet welds.

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