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Wax your balls?

By Grizlyrig

4 years ago


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    #20 4 years ago
     
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    On a serious note (sorry) what grade of steel do they use for the balls? I am a metallurgical engineer and now I am kinda curious. I guess I had just assume they were 304l stainless

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    #23 4 years ago
     
    KEV

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    7y 90,550 1,482 16 32 1

    Quoted from GSones:

    It's some flavor of carbon steel as stainless would not work well with the magnets. I'm sure there are some posts discussing the various steel options.

    Good point...at least for the 304L, but it could be made out 440C or another grade of martensitic stainless steel. The martensitic grades are ferromagnetic.

    However, I suspect you are correct... it is probably something like 1045 or even a bearing steel like 52100.

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