Reply by 000

it’s pretty and won’t rust.
I guess it all depends on whether you ever treat your tools rough even by accident.
However, I’d want some kind of warranty against cracking.

Also of note is the trunnion attachment. I’m, guessing the best they have is epoxied threaded inserts. Epoxy is just a polymer so it definitely does cold flow under pressure and the torque you need to use to tighten such bolts is such that you are actually stretching the bolt just a scosh. That’s how you keep ‘em from backing out as well as providing adequate clamping force.

An epoxied insert is not going to be good under those kinds of loads for as long as cut threads in cast iron.

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