Metal Round

[worldtalker]

No idea what this is,nonmagnetic,not lead,heavy,has these stamps. God Bless Chris

 

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[aka da Prof]

Re: Metal Billet

is it not solid---like a collar or bering ?

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

is it not solid---like a collar or bering ?

Sorry Prof,yes it is solid.

 

[baywalker]

Re: Metal Billet

Looks tapered on one end ? like some kind of freeze plug? is it brass?

Jonnie

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

Looks tapered on one end ? like some kind of freeze plug? is it brass?

Jonnie

Jonnie,It has been sheared,It is some kind of silvery metal,as I said,it's heavy.

 

[baywalker]

Re: Metal Billet

? maybe piece of boat shaft stainless or monell ( not sure of spelling )??

Jonnie

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

? maybe piece of boat shaft stainless or monell ( not sure of spelling )??

Jonnie

Jonnie,we're way off here son,Your down there in the sand pile,Im up here in the woods,dang big boat to have a prop shaft that dia.Don't believe I'd find one in the woods!! Oh,by the way,temp. up here is 22 goin down to 5.

 

[baywalker]

Re: Metal Billet

Sorry I'm a charter capt. and I am always thinking boats , but they would not have markings like that anyway .It was kind of cool and breezy here today high of 65 suppose to be in the 70 next weak . I hope that that thing is silver I guess I have exhausted my guesses on it.

Jonnie

 

[aka da Prof]

Re: Metal Billet

googled ZA-X and came up with--- http://trademarks.justia.com/734/37/zax-73437853.html ---they were p in N.H. and did make metal 'things'--- but does not seem to be any of what you have there, W.T. It seems to have a knurled end and brassish-- might be a valve part, do both ends look alike?

p.s.---still have defrosted ground here, but under 8'' of snow---!(time to hit the coast beaches)

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

googled ZA-X and came up with--- http://trademarks.justia.com/734/37/zax-73437853.html ---they were p in N.H. and did make metal 'things'--- but does not seem to be any of what you have there, W.T. It seems to have a knurled end and brassish-- might be a valve part, do both ends look alike?

p.s.---still have defrosted ground here, but under 8'' of snow---!(time to hit the coast beaches)

Prof,Both ends are the same,it has definately been sheared,A nonmagnetic white metal,as I stated,heavy.

 

[aka da Prof]

Re: Metal Billet

have you ruled out lead as the metal?

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

have you ruled out lead as the metal?

It's not lead.

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Re: Metal Billet

WT ~

Interesting ...

I have no clue what it might be, but thought I'd share the following for those like me who didn't know what a "Billet" was. Plus, I re-did the picture as close to actual size as I could based on the fingers.

SBB

Billet:

Noun:

1. A small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, especially one cut for fuel.

2. Metalworking: A comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, especially one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom.

3. An iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column.

4. Architecture: Any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice.

5. A strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth.

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

WT ~

Interesting ...

I have no clue what it might be, but thought I'd share the following for those like me who didn't know what a "Billet" was. Plus, I re-did the picture as close to actual size as I could based on the fingers.

SBB

Billet:

Noun:

1. A small chunk of wood; a short section of a log, especially one cut for fuel.

2. Metalworking . a comparatively narrow, generally square, bar of steel, especially one rolled or forged from an ingot; a narrow bloom.

3. An iron or steel slab upon concrete, serving as a footing to a column.

4. Architecture: Any of a series of closely spaced cylindrical objects, often in several rows, used as ornaments in a hollow molding or cornice.

5. A strap that passes through a buckle, as to connect the ends of a girth.

Thanks SSB, heck,I thought everybody knew what a billet was!

 

[stevemc]

Re: Metal Billet

Actually that would be a piece of rod. Billet is usually a flat wide bar of metal. Rods usually dont have stamping on them. I was thinking a cut brass hammer for not making sparks. But you said it was silver metal.

 

[worldtalker]

Re: Metal Billet

Actually that would be a piece of rod. Billet is usually a flat wide bar of metal. Rods usually dont have stamping on them. I was thinking a cut brass hammer for not making sparks. But you said it was silver metal.

Steve,I should have known that,worked in the Steel Room at Pratt&Whitney in 72.It's a round.Thanks for the memories!

 

[worldtalker]

After hitting it with a file.

 

[creskol]

a nickel ingot?

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

ZA-X ... for Zinc or Zinc/Aluminum or Zinc Alloy + hardness rating?

Maybe there's something here ... (I'm reading it now - but it may take me a while).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc


SBB

 

[Monty]

It's a tappett. monty