On 2009-09-15, Rich Grise wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:46:40 -0500, Ignoramus21664 wrote:
On 2009-09-14, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Rust never sleeps.

Jerry Wass wrote
Probably was invaded by Dr. Strangerust.

It was not rust. It did not look like rust at all. The cast iron nodules
looks brownish, but it did not seem like rust. It was a casting defect of
some kind. I should have kept the C clamp.


You _should_ have taken it back to the store where you bought it, and
got a replacement or reimbursed. I'd have picked reimbursed, so that I
could buy a proper clamp - what guarantee is there that a replacement
wouldn't also be crap?

Well, that's what I did -- returned for a refund -- but I regret doing
so. For just $3.47, I could have kept a specimen of an interesting
casting defect.

i