[TheForge] Re: counterfeit bolts and steel

[Steve Smith]

Not to mention how many name-brand bolts you could buy for the cost of 
the project...

Steve

Mike Spencer wrote:

>>now related to the above. would it be possible to build a homebrew auger
>>mass spectrograph?
> 
> 
> Some physics-geek friends built a mass spectrometer when I was in high
> school.  It worked as proof of concept and method so it's doable.  But
> I doubt its practicality for daily use unless you have access to a
> junkshop where lab equipment and pilot plant jury-rigs go to die.
> (There was one such place in or near Marblehead, Mass., not much use
> to you.)
> 
> Probably be easier to build some strength testers, measure force
> requires to bend, to snap at a notch, to torque beyond elastic limit
> or to fracture etc.
> 
> - Mike
>