A bit of stress relief can make or break a jobfor sure. Sometimes you need to find that stuff out in the roughing stage otherwise you can end up blowing the job because you don't have enough meat there to problem solve with.

It's funny, the town I live in doesn't feel remote most of the time, until something like the internet glitches out and you kinda realize were a long way from earth 😂 Glad I was able to get a data connection on my phone.

Any idea on how they set the joint up?

The rod you were talking about JODY COLLIER during the Panam merger. Was it copper nickel?

Funny you bring up mistakes...that is often what launched me into understanding what was going on inside the metal. I haven't had the opportunity to do any school for that, it has just been studying on my own as I went. There is a lot of great literature out there. Whenever I encounter something that didn't go as I wanted it to, I don't avoid it, I learn why so that I can either fix it successfully in the future OR so that I can understand why it needs to be avoided in the future.