No offense taken Grigg, at least not by me...
Interestingly I had concerns about your welded axle when I first read about it, though after reading about what you did, noting you drive them a lot and haven't had any trouble, AND reading on the HAMB of others who have done it, I've come to believe it can be done safely.
My concern was at least in part my own unfamiliarity with the process, just as you suggest might be behind our concern here about dropped axles.
However, while I am unlikely to attempt either process, I think I'd be more likely to drop an axle than cut and weld one. I just don't trust my own welding quite that far.
