Thread: FA: ridgid pipe tools, belsaw sharpener, linotype alloy
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Bob Engelhardt Bob Engelhardt is offline
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Default FA: ridgid pipe tools, belsaw sharpener, linotype alloy
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But the alloy in type isn't always linotype. Had some type I got from
a scrap dealer that was separate pieces, not cast in lines, ...

Real linotype (line-of-type) is never in individual letter pieces. That
would be just plain "type". I'd guess that the plain type alloy is
harder than the linotype, since each piece is reused over and over.

Bob
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