Chris French pre-tour seminar

Jim Zack will host a seminar in his office,  pre-Chris French Metals Tour,  to explain and demonstrate the differences between various metals- hot and cold rolled steel, stainless, aluminum, brass, copper, etc., most available in sheets, plates, bars,  tubes, structural shapes, etc.  

Why and where do you use one or another? 

What do you do to treat metal after it is fabricated?

How do you finish metal?  

What are the different welding types?

How do you cut metal?

And if you are McMaster-Carr fan, let’s explore all the different kinds of fasteners, nuts, bolts, rivets, etc.   

Do you know the difference between hot and cold rolled steel?  

Do you know what a Socket head Cap Screw is, vs. a Button Head Cap Screw or Flat Head Wood Screw?

How do you use Gun Blue to Blacken Steel?

When do you anodize, galvanize or powder coat?

Water Jet cutting vs. Laser cutting vs. Plasma cutting.