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xoxoxoBruce · 11-01-2016, 08:27 PM

Usually blades are welded by heating red hot and pushing them together which causes a bulge in both sides. That's why the big Do-Alls have a welder and a grinding wheel to clean them up. You can grind off that extra weld on both sides od the blade if it was welded properly.

11-01-2016, 08:27 PM	#329
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Usually blades are welded by heating red hot and pushing them together which causes a bulge in both sides. That's why the big Do-Alls have a welder and a grinding wheel to clean them up. You can grind off that extra weld on both sides od the blade if it was welded properly. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.