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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8350357, member: 105571"]Excellent point. The weakness is all in the shallow parts of the die where lapping would have had the most effect. Interestingly, the weakness is only in the center of the reverse while other shallow parts of the design have not been affected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just speculating now but if the lapping had been performed on the edge of a wheel and an inexperienced person was doing the job, then they could have held the center of the die against the wheel periphery for too long and/or with too much pressure while not affecting the outer margins of the die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8350357, member: 105571"]Excellent point. The weakness is all in the shallow parts of the die where lapping would have had the most effect. Interestingly, the weakness is only in the center of the reverse while other shallow parts of the design have not been affected. Just speculating now but if the lapping had been performed on the edge of a wheel and an inexperienced person was doing the job, then they could have held the center of the die against the wheel periphery for too long and/or with too much pressure while not affecting the outer margins of the die.[/QUOTE]
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