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Re:Chinese smiths forge a large flange on the street [video] by reneherse on Sunday December 18, 2016 @12:08AM (#13204442)
As I understand it, forged metal is stronger than cast metal, because the forging process aligns the crystallized structure of the metal into a "grain" that is parallel to the geometry of the final part.
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