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horgad
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Posted - 08/19/2008 :  19:08:51  Show Profile Send horgad a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by clwp

Examples of cast aluminum would be gas grill covers, hard drive cases, some disk drive frames. If you get a second take a hammer to one and get a feel for it.


That is exactly the problem. I got two hard drive cases and I am pretty sure one is aluminum and one is zinc, but I am not 100% sure which is which. I whacked them a big hammer and one bent and one broke. I will try to post some pictures later..
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No82s
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Posted - 08/19/2008 :  20:38:42  Show Profile Send No82s a Private Message
I bet AL bent and ZN broke.
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B-Power-B
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Posted - 08/19/2008 :  22:01:51  Show Profile Send B-Power-B a Private Message
I took a 5 lb sledge hammer to these three things. The old faucet looking thing broke, while the other two withstood around 5 heavy hits from the sledge. I take it that the faucet is ZN and the other two are aluminum??
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Posted - 08/20/2008 :  15:42:13  Show Profile Send n/a a Private Message
I would be surprised if that threaded pipe is aluminum and i would bet that faucet piece is cast aluminum w/steel mixed in (dirty aluminum)
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B-Power-B
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Posted - 08/20/2008 :  16:19:09  Show Profile Send B-Power-B a Private Message
Well the large threaded pipe does not spark and is not magnetic. When hit with a hammer, it bends.... If its not aluminum then what the heck is it?
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