Forged billet is not a forged hub shell.
Cold forging hubs is this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1TaNnUcRo
Like the forged hub shell which Hope makes before machining them:
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Forged billet is not a forged hub shell.
Cold forging hubs is this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1TaNnUcRo