Atlas 10 vs Delta 10 - opinions?

[wa5cab]

Iron Man,

Outside of encyclopedias (Wikipedia does not qualify) and metallurgy texts, "pot metal" is almost never used as other than a derogatory term. Which is how the post I was replying to had obviously (and incorrectly to boot) used it.

In any case, this thread hasnothing to do with the repairability of small parts. Only once in over half a century did Atlas make the mistake of using Zamak in a major high stress component, an error that was corrected in less than a year (the 3950).

Robert D.

Over the years I have welded plenty of zamak and it weld no different than any regular pot metal you just have to be careful with the heat. It is just a different version of pot metal.

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

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

 

[iron man]

Iron Man,

Outside of encyclopedias (Wikipedia does not qualify) and metallurgy texts, "pot metal" is almost never used as other than a derogatory term. Which is how the post I was replying to had obviously (and incorrectly to boot) used it.

In any case, this thread hasnothing to do with the repairability of small parts. Only once in over half a century did Atlas make the mistake of using Zamak in a major high stress component, an error that was corrected in less than a year (the 3950).

Robert D.

I understand that there are a hundred different types or alloys of steel, brass, and aluminum it does not make them any less steel, brass and aluminum. The same hold true for Zamak.

 

[Dranreb]

I understand that there are a hundred different types or alloys of steel, brass, and aluminum it does not make them any less steel, brass and aluminum. The same hold true for Zamak.

The whole point of making alloys is that their properties are usually superior to those of the component metals, if they were inferior, there would be no point in producing them...