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I'm pretty sure every shop that makes an h-beam rod all has the same supplier they just finish machine the rods and add bolts.



No way. A couple of years ago there were pictures posted of a bunch of different brand H beams and there were obvious differences between many of them. They were ALL forged in China. Some were machined in china, some in USA.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.