▲ 163 ▼ Forever relics (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51384501
[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Someday I learn to melt and work with metal and then all those hex are going to be used for good. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Nope. That steel isn't even good for scrap Ford pickup bumpers. It's made with whatever the Chinese foundry sweeps up at the end of the day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) Sounds like winwin for somebody who does now how to use a foundry / smelt :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Not really. It's mystery metal. I have my suspicions it's the Chinese equivalent to 303 stainless at beast or possibly worse. It's very gummy to machine. I once tried to machine some little machine screws out of one of those wrenches for a model steam engine I was building. I could barely make usable threads from it despite trying HSS tooling and carbide tooling. It was so gummy that the threads would tear as I tried cutting them. Even a brand new $30 #4-40 Greenlee die struggled forming useable but still nor clean threads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago Wow learned something new, thanks for all thr info. Well... Maybe I start gluing them together to a mega hex or something... But at least now I dont feel bad anymore for throwing that stuff out :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Nope. That steel isn't even good for scrap Ford pickup bumpers. It's made with whatever the Chinese foundry sweeps up at the end of the day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) Sounds like winwin for somebody who does now how to use a foundry / smelt :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Not really. It's mystery metal. I have my suspicions it's the Chinese equivalent to 303 stainless at beast or possibly worse. It's very gummy to machine. I once tried to machine some little machine screws out of one of those wrenches for a model steam engine I was building. I could barely make usable threads from it despite trying HSS tooling and carbide tooling. It was so gummy that the threads would tear as I tried cutting them. Even a brand new $30 #4-40 Greenlee die struggled forming useable but still nor clean threads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago Wow learned something new, thanks for all thr info. Well... Maybe I start gluing them together to a mega hex or something... But at least now I dont feel bad anymore for throwing that stuff out :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) Sounds like winwin for somebody who does now how to use a foundry / smelt :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Not really. It's mystery metal. I have my suspicions it's the Chinese equivalent to 303 stainless at beast or possibly worse. It's very gummy to machine. I once tried to machine some little machine screws out of one of those wrenches for a model steam engine I was building. I could barely make usable threads from it despite trying HSS tooling and carbide tooling. It was so gummy that the threads would tear as I tried cutting them. Even a brand new $30 #4-40 Greenlee die struggled forming useable but still nor clean threads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago Wow learned something new, thanks for all thr info. Well... Maybe I start gluing them together to a mega hex or something... But at least now I dont feel bad anymore for throwing that stuff out :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Not really. It's mystery metal. I have my suspicions it's the Chinese equivalent to 303 stainless at beast or possibly worse. It's very gummy to machine. I once tried to machine some little machine screws out of one of those wrenches for a model steam engine I was building. I could barely make usable threads from it despite trying HSS tooling and carbide tooling. It was so gummy that the threads would tear as I tried cutting them. Even a brand new $30 #4-40 Greenlee die struggled forming useable but still nor clean threads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago Wow learned something new, thanks for all thr info. Well... Maybe I start gluing them together to a mega hex or something... But at least now I dont feel bad anymore for throwing that stuff out :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 1 point 1 day ago Wow learned something new, thanks for all thr info. Well... Maybe I start gluing them together to a mega hex or something... But at least now I dont feel bad anymore for throwing that stuff out :) permalink fedilink source parent