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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 8434044, member: 66&quot;]But a new obv pairing would also create a new variety/ die marriage.&nbsp; If you have a VAM-4 and you change the obv die, you no longer have a VAM-4</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen his comments on that and I don&#039;t buy it.&nbsp; You would still have to heat the die enough to melt the steel bits and at least partially melt the die in that&nbsp; area so the fill could mix and bond with the steel of the die.&nbsp; I would think that would cause distortions in the face of the die.&nbsp; And the die would still not be homogenous so the hardening and tempering of that area would still be different from the rest of the die.&nbsp; I would expect a rapid failing of the die in that area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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