[TheForge] counterfeit bolts and steel

[Rick]

Hello Terry -
    Very good questions that I have asked before, Terry.  Probably many of 
us have, and I found a solution many years ago.  Now, if I can find it 
again, I will send it along.
    Had to be between 4 and 10 years ago, I saw an ad for a chemical testing 
kit that you could keep in the shop for analysis testing.  Can't find any 
reference to it now on the web.  Can't remember anything more, except that 
it had a few bottles of stuff along with some papers and instructions with 
it.  Wish I could be more helpful.  Maybe it was pulled off the market for 
some reason?

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
   In the middle of Northern Illinois

    http://www.smokyforge.com
     rick at smokyforge.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:09 AM
Subject: [TheForge] counterfeit bolts and steel


> hello;
>
> i was reading various web pages concerning the problems with counterfeit
> bolts and steel. google for 'counterfeit bolts'.
>
> how would the average person be able to determine whether or not the
> bolts or steel is actually what it claims to be? are those grade 8 bolts
> really grade 8 bolts or just a cheap knockoff? is the tool steel really
> the tool steel you specified?
>
> is the metal you specified really what was delivered?
>
> now related to the above. would it be possible to build a homebrew auger
> mass spectrograph? what type of analysis and/or testing would be needed
> to ensure that the bolts and metals are really what they claim to be?
> could this analysis and/or testing be done in the hobby environment?
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>



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