[TheForge] berillium check

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hochewa:
Warning respectfully observed; I'm a slow learner about that, 
having taken it in the proverbial chops a number of times from 
junk yard exposures.
I take it by inference that you do know about berillium valve 
discs  .I'll return the bronze to where it came from if that's 
the case. Too bad, it works pretty nicely.
Thanks for the warning....Pete F

Darrell wrote:
> Hochewa,
> When it come right down to it, you probably shouldn't play with fire either.
> 
> Darrell
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> To: <artgawk at thegrid.net>; <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] berillium check
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>>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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