Joe AutoDrill wrote:

Make 'em out of "aircraft quality" aluminum, anodize them in multiple
colors and sell them for ten times that price or more... Come on. Go
for the high end snowball fight market.

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
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V8013-R

Speaking of which, does anyone know what "aircraft quality" aluminum
actually is? As far as I know, there is no such designation. The stuff
I've been using in my ultralight is 6061-T6 but I don't think it's called
"aircraft quality". Just another marketing ploy.

Jim

Actually, that should read "aircraft GRADE".

I have done work for a defense contractor and often have stock called out
for 7075-T*** and it is a heat treatable...exactly how, I don't know...and
about the toughest to machine aluminum I've ever seen.

But it sure do make for some pretty threads!

Mike