Date:         Tue, 1 Apr 2008 20:31:27 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What kind of metal is this? (Jetta exhaust part for my
              conversion)
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com>
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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/