Mike G wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Rob wrote:

Never liked SS on cars because of its preferential corrosion
characteristics.


Eh? I've got lots of SS on my 20 odd year old car which lives outside and
there's no corrosion on it - at all.


Yup.Even if the rest of the car rots away, the bright trim remain near
perfect. :-)
AFAIC there's nothing to beat SS for bright trim. Never corrodes, and
can be repolished if it gets a little scuffed.
AFAIR virtually all the bright trim on our old Rovers is SS.
Mike.



Why not use SS nuts and bolts then to assemble the car? Good idea never
corrodes,

Rob wrote:
Mike G wrote:



Eh? I've got lots of SS on my 20 odd year old car which lives outside
and
there's no corrosion on it - at all.


Yup.Even if the rest of the car rots away, the bright trim remain near
perfect. :-)
AFAIC there's nothing to beat SS for bright trim. Never corrodes, and
can be repolished if it gets a little scuffed.
AFAIR virtually all the bright trim on our old Rovers is SS.
Mike.



Why not use SS nuts and bolts then to assemble the car? Good idea never
corrodes,

I don't think you can get high tensile SS.

Jim

Rob wrote:

Why not use SS nuts and bolts then to assemble the car? Good idea never
corrodes,

Untrue, SS needs to be exposed to oxygen in order to remain in good
conditions. SS screws and bolts suffer from crevice corrosion,
particularly in saline environments such as would be experienced with
fasteners exposed to winter salt spray.

Sailors are familiar with this. It was thought that replacing parts on
boars with SS would helpt to resist corrosion but in practice SS
especially below or bear the waterline has a shorter life than the
alternatives.

On 27 May, 13:14, Guy King wrote:
The message
from "Mike G" contains these words:

IMO potential sales could never justify the setup costs, even if you saved
on the tooling by having them made in the far east.

I imagine he means one-off - in which case he needs someone who can use
an English wheel so basically a proper old fashioned bodybuilder.

A chap I used to sail with runs a business in Kent called "Shiny boat
stuff". He makes pulpit rails, ladders, etc from stainless - not a
welding bead in sight. I can't find his web site at the moment, but
will keep looking.

he won't be the only one - but you will be looking at hundreds of quid
per bumper, I'd have thought.

Steve Firth wrote:

Rob wrote:


Why not use SS nuts and bolts then to assemble the car? Good idea never
corrodes,


Untrue, SS needs to be exposed to oxygen in order to remain in good
conditions. SS screws and bolts suffer from crevice corrosion,
particularly in saline environments such as would be experienced with
fasteners exposed to winter salt spray.


Yep thats the preferential corrosion bit with SS.

Sailors are familiar with this. It was thought that replacing parts on
boars with SS would helpt to resist corrosion but in practice SS
especially below or bear the waterline has a shorter life than the
alternatives.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Steve Firth)
saying something like:

It was thought that replacing parts on boars

Pig of a job.
--

Dave
SE6a

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Steve Firth)
saying something like:

It was thought that replacing parts on boars

Pig of a job.

It took you six days to think that up?

In article ,
Steve Firth wrote:
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Steve Firth)
saying something like:

It was thought that replacing parts on boars

Pig of a job.

It took you six days to think that up?

Sow what?

--
*Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

The message
from "Dave Plowman (News)" contains these words:

Pig of a job.

It took you six days to think that up?

Sow what?

Don't hog all the puns.

--
Skipweasel
We have always been at war with Iran. [George Orwell - almost]

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Steve Firth wrote:
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Steve Firth)
saying something like:

It was thought that replacing parts on boars

Pig of a job.

It took you six days to think that up?

Sow what?

I think you may have a sty in your eye.