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Old 07-03-2020, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by redir View Post
I just tried the Cryo stuff on the last two and will use it on the two I am finishing now. Client doesn't like the look of Evo so I thought I would at least try it, it's not that much more expensive. The jury is still out on that one. So far it handles just like the regular Nic/Silver stuff.
Mmm, cryo treatment of nickle silver defies all logic to me, not saying it does not work as I really not up to date on cryo treating, but nothing in the mix can harden vee temperature variations.

I was taught mettalurgy as part of an apprenticeship i did in my younger years, nickle silve is typically copper, zinc and nickle, this composition only gets harder through cold working, we use heat to soften it again.

If a customer wants hard nickle silver you can roll it and then unroll it and roll it again a few times, this will dramatically increase the hardness

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