My hubby says they're held together, but it looks like they weren't using enough heat.
Back to into to welding.
No disrespect to you Travis, or your hubby Catspaw. But precision isn't the point, they don't care what they hit. What goes up (and often explodes first, though not often enough) comes down on someone. To some, the younger the better.
Israel has to rid themselves of this problem.