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Offline YUMASTEPSIDE

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'71 frame
« on: February 24, 2008, 04:24:55 pm »
Does anyone know if the '71 MC250 frames were mild steel or chrome moly ?

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Re: '71 frame
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2008, 05:33:49 pm »
Chrome Moly

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Re: '71 frame
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2008, 12:38:38 am »
ON a side note how do you tell the differances of the metal if you wante to confirm it ? magnet ?
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Re: '71 frame
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 10:56:01 pm »
Nope.  Both are magnetic. 

I know a metascope analyser will do the job - a portable machine that detects the Chromium in the spectra.  Dont know any simple way sorry.  Anyone else know about metallurgy?
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