Friction welding operating rods

[IRON WORKER]

Good shot of the friction welding set up ,welding operating rod tubes to handles.

[Orlando]

Nice picture, thanks for posting

[Beltfed]

I understand friction welding. How did they get around the slight bend of the tube? They must have chucked the tube up at the very end, or welded before bend was applied. Anyway, interesting.

[IRON WORKER]

Don't believe the bends have been done at that stage,

[Beltfed]

From the box of tubes at the man’s left in the pic, apparently not.