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August 2024 Newsletter
August 1, 2024 (Newsletters)

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FIRE SALE

Check out the latest items that have been added to the Fire Sale:

flat

1/4" x 3/4" A-2 Tool Steel Flat, De-Carb Free, 12.75" Long

On Sale for $20.38.

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drill rod

21/64" Rd A-2 Drill Rod, 36" Long

On Sale for $24.07.

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round

1" Rd 4140 Cold Finished, Annealed, 18.25" Long

On Sale for $17.16.

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Not what you're looking for? We have dozens of other items available now:

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CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

This month we're featuring customer Chris Rueby, who sent us this picture of his steam engine build:

steam engine

He says:

"It was built from brass, bronze, and stainless steel I got from you. It is a working scale model of one of the engines from the battleship Ohio, in 1:20 scale. It was all turned/milled on a manual lathe/mill (Sherline), from the original plans obtained from the National Archives. It is a 4 cylinder compound steam engine, the model has been run so far on compressed air since I don't yet have a boiler large enough to run it. The model weighs 85 pounds."

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Want to see your work featured here? Send us an email at newsletter@speedymetals.com.

You can also check out other great customer projects on our blog or on our Facebook page.

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What You're Saying:

"Fast and good service."

-Frank

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Did You Know...?

...that researchers are getting close to figuring out why metal alloys crack in hydrogen-rich environments?

hydrogen bubbles

A variety of metals can become brittle and crack when placed in a hydrogen-rich environment (like water). But until now, researchers were unable to confidently predict where and when cracks would occur.

Researchers at Texas A&M University conducted a series of new experiments tracking crack initiation in real time, and they unexpectedly eliminated one of the leading hypotheses for hydrogen embrittlement: that cracks would occur at points in the metal with highest plasticity. It turns out there was no relationship between the two.

The next step is to determine just what does predict crack formation, if plasticity does not.

Learn more in the full article here.

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