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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 142211" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Sorry, my fault for quickly googling the answer. Recyclers buy it for 50 cents/lb. but it sells new for $1.20/lb. Which is still somewhat less than the $25/oz. of silver</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sorry, but you're mistaken. But, maybe you misunderstood what I wrote about the appearance of blasted stainless. I have nothing whatever against someone using it, or someone who wears a toupee. But, someone who wears a cheap, ill-fitting toupee thinking that he's fooling people does generate a reaction. Bead blasted stainless on a bike entered in a concours generates that reaction.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm trying, but the threads on my silver fasteners keep stripping so I can't get a grip.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I recently accused Cyborg of making an obscure comment. It seems my humor was equally obscure.</p><p></p><p>But, on the subject of the use of silver components on motorcycles, AJS originally tried Ag heads for their Porcupine, to take advantage of the high thermal conductivity. Unfortunately, pure silver is soft, and by the time they had alloyed it enough to give it sufficient strength, the thermal conductivity of the silver alloy had dropped to no longer give it an advantage. So, they dropped the idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 142211, member: 2806"] Sorry, my fault for quickly googling the answer. Recyclers buy it for 50 cents/lb. but it sells new for $1.20/lb. Which is still somewhat less than the $25/oz. of silver Sorry, but you're mistaken. But, maybe you misunderstood what I wrote about the appearance of blasted stainless. I have nothing whatever against someone using it, or someone who wears a toupee. But, someone who wears a cheap, ill-fitting toupee thinking that he's fooling people does generate a reaction. Bead blasted stainless on a bike entered in a concours generates that reaction. I'm trying, but the threads on my silver fasteners keep stripping so I can't get a grip. I recently accused Cyborg of making an obscure comment. It seems my humor was equally obscure. But, on the subject of the use of silver components on motorcycles, AJS originally tried Ag heads for their Porcupine, to take advantage of the high thermal conductivity. Unfortunately, pure silver is soft, and by the time they had alloyed it enough to give it sufficient strength, the thermal conductivity of the silver alloy had dropped to no longer give it an advantage. So, they dropped the idea. [/QUOTE]
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