Alan, >Ahh, a "youngster", lol< Yes, but 49 years as a radio amateur come April 29. There weren't any Class B licences then, either. Peter Chadwick, G3RZP Swindon ======================================== Message Received: Apr 16 2012, 06:51 PM From: "stepney" To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Subject: [modeleng] Re: Against the grain Ahh, a "youngster", lol That could well be the case. As I said, these were all bar ends, so could be of any type of steel, and cut off for any reason. Around half-a-hundredweight of them, and very useful too (except for this specific one! Alan On 16/04/2012 10:04, peter chadwick wrote: > This discussion suddenly triggered something in my failing memory - after > all, I am 65 next month! > Many years ago, I was told that steel bar ends because of drawing, chopping > etc were often hard or starngely crystalline or whatever, but tended not to > be homogenous like the rest of the bar. The guy who told me had been involved > with production on autos, and siad that they had got into the habit of sawing > off the first and last 6 to 9 inches of a 20 foot bar because otherwise they > would often get quality problems, especially when they wanted to case harden > the parts. > Which could explain things. > Peter Chadwick > Swindon. > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.