Topic: Message #340121

[Bender]

ya, I just forgot what the die is that is used. 

Here's a pic of the die and the holes it makes.  by creating  that flare around the hole, it spreads any pressure on it across more than one plane, which makes it stronger.    That would actually be a concern of mine with the budbuilt one, but with 3/16" you probably won't be denting it to badly.  Having the holes does allow for using lighter metal, I think mine is probably 16 guage steel, and it is strong.  Several people on the board have seen me come down on that thing HARD, and it doesn't do a thing

Interesting.  I'm going to have to do some reading on that.  I can see it being stronger than a drilled hole, but it's hard for me to believe that it's stronger than a solid plate.