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From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: Pin material ?
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 17:17:29 -0500
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On 6/8/2025 5:05 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2025 16:04:09 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:
> 
>>    I managed to lose one of the pins that hold the lift link clevis to
>> the lower arms on my "new" tractor - adjustment turnbuckle was froze up
>>from several years sitting out in the woods . I made one from some 
>> mystery steel I have on hand but I got to wondering if I should have
>> used some of the 4140 I have on hand or maybe case hardened it . The
>> 4140 is larger diameter , so more waste . I hate wasting material if I
>> don't have to . For all I know the piece I used is alloy , but it isn't
>> marked . I usually mark bought material but found or gifted stock I
>> don't always know what I've got so ...
>   I use grade 5 or grade 8 bolts as feed stock, depending on required
> strength and hardness. - or even grade 3 if that is all that is
> required. I go by the head markings to know what I have - - -
> 

   This didn't start out as a bolt , it's from  a 1" piece of round 
stock. Bolts are way too expensive to use as lathe stock .
-- 
Snag
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