Not sure if this belongs here so the mods can move it elsewhere if they want!
Back when I was a young pup I grew up in a machine shop (literally) . My Dad owned it and my Mother was book keeper so I grew up in the office until I was old enough to run around underfoot.
My Dad had a way of telling what kind of steel a piece was by grinding it and watching the sparks.
I have been away from the machine shop business for so long I have forgotten what it was. So to me it is lost forever.
I think it was a red spark was like rebar mild steel and the whiter the spark the more it became high carbon steel.
Does anyone know what I am talking about?
Maybe Molly?
I would like to know for my own knowledge. God I hate getting old.
gunnut14