I have 3 rods about an inch long and 3/4" diameter welded in a triangle to a corner of a welding table that weighs over 1,000 lbs. I use these for for bending jigs for things like this. As stated before, it doesn't have to be perfect and they don't see much stress. They only bend when you back over something like a tree stump. And almost every truck that was used 60 years ago experienced that at least once in its lifetime.