On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:52:25 GMT, yourname wrote:


Nasty stuff, beryllium. We switched to titanium as soon as we could
find a source for titanium crecent wrenches and so on. Pricy stuff...


Said wrenches probably dated from the 40's. Beryllium Copper is fairly
stable, IIRC, not like 'beryllium' still used for springy copper type stuff

That's good to know. Still wore gloves with the stuff, though.