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[Bodaggit23]

Your corrected statement is true, BUT, Stainless Steel is a Ferrous metal...

[lbeast]

Apr 16, 2010 10:36:40 GMT -5 Bodaggit23 said:

Your corrected statement is true, BUT, Stainless Steel is a Ferrous metal...

Are you trying to imply that I stated SS was not a ferrous metal? I'm lost.

Apr 15, 2010 22:40:36 GMT -5 Bodaggit23 said:

Second, basically no, all carbon steels are harder than non carbon based metals.

I'm not exactly sure this statement is true Bo. SS is defined as a steel with at least 10.5% chromium content, it just has 0.3 % or less carbon content. I researched this and it appears that most SS is not as a hard as carbon steel, but apparently there are some alloys of SS which are as hard as some carbon steel alloys. I guess it would depend on the different alloys being used in both. In other words there are some carbon steel alloys which may be more malleable (softer) than some SS alloys, which would make my original post concerning the stainless steel locking screws post true, depending on what SS the tremolo string lock bolts in the auction are made of.

The seller is claiming in his auction that the SS screws will make it where the allen key ends will never round-off again. I think he meant the allen key itself now that I look back on it. I initially took it to mean the allen key hex hole in the end of the string lock bolt, not the the key itself, would wear out, which is where I may have made the wrong assumption.

[heem6]

All I know is that THIS is my string lock changing tool from now on!

[Bodaggit23]

Well, I was speaking in general terms, as stated.

I cannot argue with anything you said.