so to summarize the above posts, bending metal makes it harder and more brittle, though bending against a previous bend may create small cracks that ultimately weaken the metal
unless you're forging something, of course
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so to summarize the above posts, bending metal makes it harder and more brittle, though bending against a previous bend may create small cracks that ultimately weaken the metal
unless you're forging something, of course
And now moving away from the fact my hub is all bent, do you think that it is going to be worth lacing up a wheel knowing there is that tear in the flange and that in a few places the flange is coming away from the axle, at the worse point the weld joining the hub and flange is cracked/split?
