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    Al or Fe?

    Quote Originally Posted by mbeach
    AFAIK, 300 series (Austenitic) stainless steels are non-magnetic unless they have been work-hardend. The rolling/stamping processes used to make the fangs would have work-hardened them.

    A magnet does not stick to them. They look (and scratch) just like aluminum. Aluminum will polish up well with the wet-dry to 1000 method and some polishing compound. Protect the new surface with BoeShield T-9 or a butt-load of wax. Avoid using ammonia based cleaners, ammonia corrodes aluminum.

    Ok, whatever.
    Sounds like you know what you talking about.
    I was originaly going to duplicate some in Al and then machine face them with a spinning wire brush. (So they would look like the nose on the "Spirit Of St. Louis") and I would have another set if I ruined them. But they are such a complex shape I blew it off.
    All I know is: They are hard, very difficult to bend ( considering the gauge of the material ) and they look cool shinny.

    If they are indeed Al, anodizing them would look pretty cool too!

    Oh, and thanks a lot dude. Now I simply MUST know what they are made of. Even if I have to check the specific gravity! Im going to take one off and put a drop or two of Hcl acid on the inside. If I get bubbles Ill eat a bug.

    Last edited by SpaceTruck'n : 02/21/2005 at 11:19 AM

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