Damascus has put into words my own thoughts about the likes of Mr Rowe . I also have a thing about books most written by enthusiastic amateurs or people who have never worked on a bench and have merely picked those that have brains .
As with most things there are two ways of doing it ,the correct way that takes time and costs money and the "normal" way ,the long accepted practice . Modern welding techniques have put many of these out of date . But on this site and others I still see folk recommending gluing bits of beer can in a hook to "put a gun back on face " .Now that in my jaded eyes is a bodge job .