PLEASE BE AWARE =>: Very Few, Of Even The Best Gas Torch Welders, Can Do This Exceedingly Tricky Torch & Steel Filler-Rod, Welding Of Very Thin Steel Sheet Metal.
…And thus, among any other very good “fits” to the ZMM Narrative, this thin sheet metal welding skill, selects with near certainty => Mr Sandy McGregor as the Grants Pass Welder!!
…Especially, since the ZMM Narrator make the specific points that => “I wonder if he’s actually going to try to weld that thin metal. Sheet metal I don’t weld. I braze it with a brass rod. When I try to weld it I punch holes in it.”


The Functionality Of Mr. Alexander Henry (Sandy) McGregor =>
… It doesn’t take for very long, before one realizes how he was a highly functional and well-put-together human being! This conclusion came to me, Henry Gurr, after being around the facts about him and seeing his welding shop. His shop was well organized, & well laid out, with all the different kinds of equipment and cabinets and work benches, needed for welding, machinery fabrication & repair. Nothing fancy. And evident thoughtful & prudent choices of equipment, that could be found used, rather than new & more costly.
… Mr. McGregor functionality is most especially shown in => The very fact that had completely mastered the highly difficult and tricky torch & filler rod welding of thin sheet metal, shows his high degree of intelligence, and long diligent practice, practice, that makes perfect, to achieve this valuable skill.
… Torch & filler rod welding of thin metal is VERY tricky…And, there are very few welders that can do this (especially since must be near Grants Pass, Oregon), and indeed rare, who can make a “beautiful” weld, in words of Author Robert Pirsig. …All together, these facts tell us, with near certainty, that Alexander Henry (Sandy) McGregor, is indeed the welder of the ZMM Book. =>
… “He sparks the torch, and sets a tiny little blue flame and then, it’s hard to describe, actually dances the torch and the rod in separate little rhythms over the thin sheet metal, the whole spot a uniform luminous orange-yellow, dropping the torch and filler rod down at the exact right moment and then removing them. No holes. You can hardly see the weld. "That’s beautiful," I say.”

Alexander Henry (Sandy) McGregor’s Welded Chain Guard, On Author Robert Pirsig’s Honda, Is NOT To Be Found!
…Author Robert Pirsig’s 1966 Honda Super Hawk Motorcycle (discussed in his novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” ), is now on display at The Smithsonian Institution Washington DC), And ZMM Enthusiasts, who have seen it there =>
Tell Us That =>
…The Chain Guard welded in Grants Pass, Oregon, is no-where to be found, despite considerable searches for it.
. Apparently Mr. Pirsig replaced it with a new one, perhaps because the old one was still too wrinkled when it got caught in the moving chain, and with the heat of the weld, had lost its black paint.
…Thus, what is REALLY need a good photo of some other of Mr. McGregor’s torch & filler rod welds in thin sheet metal. If you can help, please contact by email HenryG__USCA.edu.
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