[TheForge] berillium check

[Hochewa at aol.com]

Pete,
What you have just done with your mystery metal is the equivalent of  picking 
up a snake with a rattle on its tail to see if it is poisonous.
Good luck,
 
Hochewa
 
In a message dated 10/24/2005 2:12:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
artgawk at thegrid.net writes:

Just to  double check...anyone know of valve disks of berillium
copper?
I got  about 80# of big bronze valve disks from a junkyard that
gets stuff from  Vandenburg AFB. Cut some slices off ( took a long
time to cut with a  bandsaw) and it forges a little stiff, but
nicely enough. No zinc  offgassing, heats to a medium red and
works without problems. unfluxed  puddle forms a tough oxide skin.
Pretty stiff cold.
I'd guess it is  silicon bronze but it seems a bit harder and not
as red and sticky.
Am i  messing with trouble?...Pete F