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From: Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: stainless steel bolts
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 19:09:58 +1100
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On 8/11/2024 10:35 am, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 11/6/24 5:49 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>> Larry Wolff wrote:
>>> How can I tell if these bolts are stainless steel or not?
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/8cMgwY4Y/bolts.jpg
>>>
>>> All I know is they're heavy feeling - and magnetic.
>>>
>>> But how do I know if they're stainless short of purposefully rusting 
>>> them
>>> by dipping them in acid?
>>
>> If the pic is of the actual bolts...
>> The bolts do not look like stainless - they look like low quality 
>> steel bolts plated with zinc.  The manufacturing looks poor.
>> IMO, they are the 13 cent variety, not the $1.13 variety.  Same for 
>> the nuts. They are the 5 cent variety, not the 55 cent variety.
>> There is low quality stainless but I have never seen that used in nuts 
>> and bolts.  Threaded pieces are normally 18-8 or better and have 
>> better machining.
> 
> Whar are the tip-offs in the picture that they ared ow quality?
> 
Having had experience with high quality bolts would be a start. Then 
look at the thread - that is visibly of poor quality, as is the shaping 
of the head of the bolt. Overall, looks like cheap Chinese shit!

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Xeno


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