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Re: 'Blue Wrench', Metal Fatigue
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 3/27/2012

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A quick test (admittedly this is by no means definitive, but it is decent as a rule-of-thumb) is to hit the part in question with a file. If it leaves a mark, it's soft. If it slides off, it's heat-t... Login to read more.