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September 1, 2021. Issue #709.

Speedy Metals' 20th Anniversary & Our Labor Day Sale

Speedy Metals turns 20 years old today! Thank you to all of our amazing customers who have made it possible for us to stay in business this long. Here's to the next 20 years!

As a sign of our appreciation, today only, we invite you to take an extra 20% off all fire sale items - on top of the Labor Day savings below!

From now through September 7, save up to 30% off your order using the following coupon codes:

15% off orders over $100: 15LD2021
25% off orders over $200: 25LD2021
30% off orders over $300: 30LD2021

Please note, Speedy Metals will be closed on Monday, September 6 in observance of Labor Day. All orders placed on this day will be processed on Tuesday, September 7.

Buggy

Check out this buggy Bob built for his daughter!

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Compound Slide and Tap Wrench

Bruce wanted a beefier compound slide for his Grizzly Combo G9729 Lathe/Mill. Find out how he did it:

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FIRE SALE...

	1/4" Square 1018 CR, 36" Long. On Sale for $7.68.
	1/4" Round 6061 Aluminum, 36" Long. On Sale for $2.69.
	1/4" x 1" 1018 CR Flat, 36" Long. On Sale for $12.60.

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT...

This month we're featuring a project by John Newman - who built this model of the SpaceX Merlin-1C rocket engine. He says:

"I machined this model of the Merlin 1C rocket engine from 3 inch bar stock I bought from Speedy Metals. I worked on all 10 of these engines for the first Falcon 9 flight to the International Space Station back on May 25, 2012.

This is a display model but the injector head is interchangeable with 16 #2 SHCS allowing a fuel injector head to be installed. This has lines for gaseous oxygen and propane injection as well as a spark plug. There is no regenerative cooling so I ran the engine in short 3 second bursts only but got a thrust of 85 lbs. on my test stand."

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.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING...

"Just wanted to say thanks! Your service is impeccable and your prices are great too! Keep up the good work!!!!"
-Thomas

DID YOU KNOW...?

...that controlling bubbles is a key advance in the mining industry?

While mining materials like copper or lithium, only a small percentage of the material that is excavated is actually made up of the desired metal - the rest is "dirt-like particles" that must be discarded.

According to Chris Boyce, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Columbia Engineering, "We have to separate the useful metals from the useless particles, and we do this by blowing air bubbles up through them." However, "this process utilizes a large amount of energy and water, causing climate change and water shortages, thus creating problems we are trying to prevent. We have this issue in part because we currently cannot control the motion of these bubbles."

But it turns out that if you vibrate the particles while blowing air bubbles through them, suddenly the bubbles are controllable, and arrange themselves into regularly spaced, triangular arrays. This will eventually enable scientists to optimize the use of energy and water for this process, creating a cleaner, more sustainable future.

All by controlling bubbles.

Learn more in the full article here.

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