Thanks Kim Yah I ended up deciding not to trust any welds, that I would make, to an unknown material. So after some futile phone calls looking this specific "Y", I went and made my own. Got a welder fer cryin out loud! --- ;^) Neil.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > It is possible to have a non-magnetic steel. In fact many stainless > steels are much less magnetic than plain iron. High manganese steel is > another possible material. Regular carbon steels are usually fairly > magnetic. Nickel is also highly magnetic (it's frequently a component > of steel). But chromium (chrome plating) isn't. > > > > On Apr 1, 2008, at 6:05 PM, neil N wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > Well, am somewhat embarrassed to say that I didn't check to see what > > kind of metal I was playing with. I was just about to tack it in place > > when I noticed it wasn't attracted to the magnet I use for holding the > > work. > > > > Here's some pics of part. Its' the "Y" I cut from the Jetta downpipe: > > > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/temp%22y%22pics > > > > There appears to be corrosion inside, but maybe not the pipe reacting. > > > > It is not attracted to my magnet. (how I found out) > > > > It feels too heavy to be aluminum and doesn't grind/file like it > > either. > > > > SS? > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > >
-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
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