[TheForge] Welding advice

[Andrew Vida]

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Ron Childers wrote:
> Maybe thermit? That's what is used for rr rails.

	I'd considered that.  The only way I can see this as viable, would be 
to dope the thermit with alloying elements that would, presumably 
produce a filler with the right structural properties, lest the welds 
become weak points.  Thermit produces ultra-hot pure iron.  I cannot 
imagine that pure iron would be nearly strong enough for the duties to 
which a battleship would be subjected.  Just think of the stresses due 
to the sheer weight of the vessel.  Forget about withstanding the forced 
of a torpedo or artillery shell.  The welds are the weak link.  And how 
would the iron be carburized to the correct level?


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