From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Morris Dovey"  wrote in message   
   news:k06845$j7o$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > On 8/11/12 1:05 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >   
   > He suggested that the weld areas would be the weak points, and that   
   > it would be possible to leave small fillets to improve the strength   
   > characteristics of even the one-piece body. It'd never have occurred   
   > to me to turn this thing.   
   >   
   > Morris Dovey   
      
   I doubt I could have bored the inside and especially radiused the   
   blind end smoothly enough to eliminate stress risers. Antique   
   leather-belt-driven lathes like mine don't handle carbide inserts very   
   well.   
      
   jsw   
      
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