From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Sun, 8 Jun 2025 17:17:29 -0500, Snag  wrote:   
      
   >On 6/8/2025 5:05 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 8 Jun 2025 16:04:09 -0500, Snag  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>    I managed to lose one of the pins that hold the lift link clevis to   
   >>> the lower arms on my "new" tractor - adjustment turnbuckle was froze up   
   >>>from several years sitting out in the woods . I made one from some   
   >>> mystery steel I have on hand but I got to wondering if I should have   
   >>> used some of the 4140 I have on hand or maybe case hardened it . The   
   >>> 4140 is larger diameter , so more waste . I hate wasting material if I   
   >>> don't have to . For all I know the piece I used is alloy , but it isn't   
   >>> marked . I usually mark bought material but found or gifted stock I   
   >>> don't always know what I've got so ...   
   >>   I use grade 5 or grade 8 bolts as feed stock, depending on required   
   >> strength and hardness. - or even grade 3 if that is all that is   
   >> required. I go by the head markings to know what I have - - -   
   >>   
   >   
   >   This didn't start out as a bolt , it's from  a 1" piece of round   
   >stock. Bolts are way too expensive to use as lathe stock .   
    I find bolts I have are a lot cheaper than going to the metal store   
   to buy new metal - and with bolts I know what I have.   
      
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