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Found this stuff at the scrap yard years ago. It looked interesting and I was always doing projects in stainless so I grabbed what I could that was in good shape.
I always assumed that it was turnings from some local factory or machine shop.
This stuff is about 5/8" in dia. Thickness is .018 and the width is .070. I was finding it in lengths of about 4 - 5 ft. It's very consistent as far as spacing and dia.
Not hardened or tempered in any way, non magnetic stainless, all edges are very smooth. No burs or jags anywhere and that's what throws me about this stuff being a turning. I thought maybe some type of cable armour or something of that nature. It's basically like a long Slinky, but if you over stretch it you'll kink it, very soft.
I did find one practical use for it.......... I used it to wrap the Tygon return hose on my grinder's hydraulic system. It was a perfect fit for the 3/4" hose and it keeps it from kinking. Thin wall Tygon hose doesn't like a tight bend. The wrap keeps the hose from collapsing around a tight curve. And it looks pretty. Something like what you would see under the hood of a hot rod.
JL...................
I always assumed that it was turnings from some local factory or machine shop.
This stuff is about 5/8" in dia. Thickness is .018 and the width is .070. I was finding it in lengths of about 4 - 5 ft. It's very consistent as far as spacing and dia.
Not hardened or tempered in any way, non magnetic stainless, all edges are very smooth. No burs or jags anywhere and that's what throws me about this stuff being a turning. I thought maybe some type of cable armour or something of that nature. It's basically like a long Slinky, but if you over stretch it you'll kink it, very soft.
I did find one practical use for it.......... I used it to wrap the Tygon return hose on my grinder's hydraulic system. It was a perfect fit for the 3/4" hose and it keeps it from kinking. Thin wall Tygon hose doesn't like a tight bend. The wrap keeps the hose from collapsing around a tight curve. And it looks pretty. Something like what you would see under the hood of a hot rod.
JL...................
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