September 2022 Newsletter
September 1, 2022 (Newsletters)

September 1, 2022. Issue #809.

Labor Day Sale: Sept. 1-7

Save up to 30% off your order with the following codes:

15% off orders over $100: 15LD2022
25% off orders over $200: 25LD2022
30% off orders over $300: 30LD2022

Please note that Speedy Metals will be closed on Monday, September 5. All orders placed on this day will be processed on Tuesday, September 6.

FIRE SALE

	1" Square 6061 Aluminum, 36" Long. On Sale for $34.79.
	1" Round 6061 Aluminum, 36" Long. On Sale for $18.66.
	1/2" x 1" 6061 Aluminum Flat, 36" Long. On Sale for $12.77.

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

This month we're featuring work by longtime Speedy Metals customer George Britnell. He submitted his latest project: a 1/3 scale, working Ford flathead engine.

He says: "I have been a Speedy Metals customer for many years. My last big project was designing and building a 1/3 scale, operating Ford flathead engine. The major components are made from 6061 aluminum. The crankshaft is made from 1144 stress proof steel. The connecting rods are 4140 steel. Various components and shafting are made from 303 stainless steel. The total time for the engine including design, making drawings and building is around 2800 hours. The engine has a spark ignition triggered by a Hall transistorized distributor. I has complete water cooling through the block and heads. The engine is lubricated by an oil pump driven off of the camshaft just like the full sized engine."

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

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DID YOU KNOW...?

...that aluminum might be the future of batteries?

Researchers at MIT have invented a new type of battery, made from inexpensive, abundant materials, that could revolutionize power storage.

The battery uses alumimnum and sulfur as its electrode materials, with a molten salt in between. The molten salt is not flammable, solving one of the major problems with lithium ion batteries. An unexpected bonus discovery was that the molten salt, chosen for its low melting point, also inhibits dendritic shorting, where thin spikes of metal build up on the electrodes, and which is a common cause of battery failure.

Learn more in the full article here.

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