[TheForge] forging copper?

[Ralph Sproul]

Thanks Jim, good to know - I've always stayed away from them from fear of
berylium.

Ralph

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The vast majority of electrical buss bars are not beryllium copper.
That alloy (C17400) is rarely used as it would only be needed in high
strength buss bars. Most buss bars are oxygen free alloys that are
pure copper or contain a tiny amount of silver along with the copper.
Berylium copper has a slightly lighter color than pure copper.

Jim

On Sep 27, 2005, at 7:20 PM, Roy Wilson wrote:

>
> ======= On 2005-09-27, at 19:19:21 Roger R Degner wrote: =======
>
>
>> That is what one of the UMBA members used to make his copper hat pins
>> from.
>> He makes a one sided die cuts the slug heats it and gives it a whack
>> with the treadle hammer
>>
>
>     If you're not heating it enough to get it smoking, I can't see
> the beryllium being much of a problem.
>
>
> "Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris." - Xanthippos
>
> Roy Wilson - rwilson9 at twcny.rr.com
> 2005-09-27
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