Curious about Member status

[JPigg55]

I'm curious about member status levels such as chips, plastic, brass, etc.
I figure it must have something to do with the number of posts one had or something like that.
I tried looking around the site and doing a search, but can't find any information as to the meaning of each of the levels.
Could someone let me know or direct me to where it's listed ???

 

[xalky]

It's pretty much based on your post count. It really has nothing to do with what you know or how good you are.:lmao:

 

[Tony Wells]

It's not publicly accessible, so here it is:

Chips	0
Plastic	20
Aluminum	50
Brass	100
Bronze	250
Cast Iron	500
Copper	750
Steel	1000
Tool Steel	1250
Tungsten Carbide	1500
Titanium	2000

It is strictly a post count thing. Of course, it can be manually changed by myself or Nelson. But it's not really all that meaningful. This came up recently when the term "swarf" was in the past used to label the 0-20 posters. It was thought that it may have sounded a little insulting so it was changed to "Chips".

 

[David S]

I am surprised that cast iron is where it is. I would have put it next after plastic. But it really doesn't matter, all is good.

David

 

[JPigg55]

It was just a curiosity thing to me. Love the site and forums, a lot of great people here.