[Heathkit] Stainless Hardware

[jeremy-ca]

All stainless is magnetic to one degree or another, the base metal is still 
steel. Chromium is the primary metal used in the alloy of all the grades and 
varieties and it provides a protective oxide coating.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dilks K2TQN" <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
To: " Gene Hawkins" <ka5cnt at sbcglobal.net>; <Heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Stainless Hardware


>
> Remember to take a magnet with you.  Good stainless will not attract. 
> Cheap stainless (ie. it will rust) will attract.
>
> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN
>
> At 09:49 AM 8/5/2007, Gene Hawkins wrote:
>>Dave,
>>
>>Check your favorite hardware or automotive store
>>almost all of these folks stock stainless hardware.
>>
>>If they do not, they will know where to find them without
>>going back to the manufacture. The manufacture is always
>>my last resort, because of price and shipping, and I
>>don't have to wait for them.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Gene Hawkins
>>KA5CNT
>
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