On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:42:28 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

SNIP
Having worked one summer in Plant Protection - I know a little about different
metals for tools.

Consider yourself in a paint room - this is a 5000 sq ft or so building / block house
that has a 100,000 gallon CARDOX tank outside. The Phone is larger than most
home printers. All tools are Bronze because they won't spark if dropped
or just used. Wrenches are Bronze..... Bronze is strong. It can be a soft
steel replacement. Copper is just to soft for real tools, but hammers that beat
copper might be copper so they don't import foreign materials into the surface.

Always a unique reason - medical or sparking or weight...

Martin
Hey Martin,

Hmmmm.... rather than pure bronze, more likely to have been
beryllium, which is REALLY tough stuff and forgeable, and are the
normally supplied tools for explosion/hazardous environment.

But I know the feeling you describe about that type of plant!

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.