Tensile Weld testing at 26 tons

Another fact, if you break and reweld a joint more than a few times it'll end up weaker than wet spaghetti. I tried to explain that to a moronic neighbor years ago and he ended up rewelding the same bracket 10 times before he gave up and sold the equipment off for scrap.

At that point why don't you just either melt the whole thing down and recast, or weld a sheet metal sleeve over the broken part?

I told the moron to brace the joint after it broke the second time and his exact words were 'you don't know nothing you're just a stupid kid!' I was 19 at the time but far from stupid by any measure, I still hate that brainless bastard he had the nerve to tell me that in my own kitchen. My last three years of school consisted strictly of vocational classes in electrical and welding/machining I still do 80% of my own electrical and repair work, especially on low power systems (I don't like working on house current but I can)

Aw, heck no!