an education is right!

Thank you for the detailed information about welding and brazing, and the possibilities and consequences of them. I plan to call over there later this afternoon to let the machinist know I've pretty much wrapped my head around the notion of the new oil pan and new crankshaft at this point if they are necessary, and that he doesn't need to go to herculean efforts to save those parts. (I could tell he felt some pressure from me to do it, as I was really dismayed at the time. And taking pictures of him and the shop for my notebook and all, which I am sure just isn't what he usually has to put up with. All in all, he was kind not to simply throw me out! LOL)

:-)

Dawn