In article , Eric Stevens says...

A true weld is as strong as the parent materials. (up to 200,000 PSI for
tool steel gage blocks).

That is very rarely the case.

Bwaa haa haaa haa.

I should check in on threads like this more often.
A little bit of howling funnies is good now
and again.

Jim

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