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Old 05-09-2017, 10:35 PM
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Kind of the same here. Just about everything we're working on has to be done yesterday. Been getting a bunch of stuff from SpaceX.
 
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Space X? What parts are you making for them?
 
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Love it when things has to be done yesterday. Sounds like the Farmers up here.
 
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Old 05-09-2017, 10:37 PM
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I gotta to call it a day.
2.5 hours of searching Miata parts diagrams to find a specialty ......... snap !
On the boot cover.
I gotta hide my manhood and call the dealer parts dude tomorrow. OOOOfff.
G'Nite
 
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Night Stan!
 
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Night, Stan!

Various valves and mounts and adapters. Some exotic materials.
 
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Titanium?
 
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Old 05-09-2017, 10:44 PM
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That, and Monel 400, Inconel. Very high nickel content super alloys.
 
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That, and Monel 400, Inconel. Very high nickel content super alloys.
Inconel, that gets work hardened, right?
 
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Old 05-09-2017, 10:49 PM
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Big time. Same with Monel. Burn up a lot of tooling just getting the feed and speed right. Once ya start cutting, don't stop til you want to.
 



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