It's certainly satisfying to make your own tools to meet your particular needs, isn't it? Even simple things can be difficult to find, and are often made quickly and more sturdily from scrap pieces that would otherwise be thrown away. However, the down side of using scrap pieces is that metal quality can be very variable--while you'd like to assume a steering assembly would be made from good material, it's also quite possible the reason it split was that the metal was inferior or it was an alloy needing special treatment in order to be re-worked. I've had rebar (which is often less than excellent metal) split, snap, flake, and otherwise fail on me even when properly heated and incorporating modest bends and draws. It's also possible you got the metal TOO hot--a white (welding) heat held for too long will begin to burn off carbon, causing brittleness and loss of strength. You'll see the metal begin to glow and spark if you get to that point, just like the cut from an acetylene torch.
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Hydraulics - The Basics - by Curtis Von Fange. Hydraulics was one of the greatest inventions for helping man compound the work he can do. It’s amazing how a little floor jack can lift tons and tons of weight with just the flick of a handle. What’s even more amazing is that all the principals of hydraulic theory can be wrapped up in such a small package. This same package applies to any hydraulic system from the largest bulldozer to the oldest and smallest tractor. This short series will take a look at the basic layout of a simple hydraul
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