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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1992f150" data-source="post: 27499" data-attributes="member: 283">actually....weld 2 pieces of metal together, stretch it in a machine, the base metal tears before the welded area does.  So yes it is stronger.  Obviously if you do a crappy weld it will be the first thing to fail.  If your welding 2 pieces of 1/8th inch metal together, a good weld will never be the same thickness as the metal.  The only way to do that would be to weld it, then grind down the weld.  Either that or use no filler rod at all and tig/gas weld it.As far as alloy, People dont use strips of mild steel as filler rod, so the weld will never be the same composition as the base metal, unless you use coat hanger wire.</blockquote>