• @LordGimp@lemm.ee
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    593 months ago

    As a machinist and welder, I would strongly prefer an actual 6000 lb lump of stainless over a cybertruck. I can actually use stainless steel to make things.

    • @chaogomu@lemmy.world
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      93 months ago

      I’ve never worked with stainless, but I hear that it’s a pain in the ass. And then, if you have no coating on it, it still stains from touching all sorts of shit.

      • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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        163 months ago

        It’s called stainLESS, not stainFREE. The Delorean came with instructions on how to clean it so it didn’t rust.

          • Prison Mike
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            83 months ago

            Yep. Wireless generally means “without wires” for example.

            • @Draghetta@lemmy.world
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              -33 months ago

              Oh I’m sorry, you thought you could connect to your network without a cable? This is not wirefree. Now take this network cable with two pins instead of eight and enjoy your wireless technology.

              • Prison Mike
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                23 months ago

                Oh so clever, I never knew there was a cable on the other side of the WiFi connection! /s

          • @ApeNo1@lemm.ee
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            63 months ago

            Could you count the number of stains and then refer to it as stainfewer steel.

        • @LordGimp@lemm.ee
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          13 months ago

          It depends on the grade of stainless actually. I’ve never run into “proprietary 30X stainless” but I have plenty of experience with 304, 308, 309, and 316. 309 can rust on you, but I’ve never seen 316 rust outside of ludicrously corrosive environments.

          I have what’s known in the industry as “magic piss fingers”. What that means is that I am a salty, sweaty man who can rust just about anything rustable simply by touching it with my bare hand. That being said, I haven’t managed to get a single speck of rust on my welded 316 hammer in 12 years of using it.

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              3 months ago

              Nickel. It provides both corrosion resistance and increased ductility which makes the material more likely to bend before breaking. I like using it to weld onto busted taps to try to back them out because the weld will flex a little bit instead of just snapping off.