[TheForge] berillium check

[Darrell]

Hochewa,
When it come right down to it, you probably shouldn't play with fire either.

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Hochewa at aol.com>
To: <artgawk at thegrid.net>; <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] berillium check


>
> 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
>
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>
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