That's OK I just weld it together and go I dunno I'm just a dumb welder do you want the piece or not.
I'll let you explain it to the customer I don't get paid for cust service lol
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Capitalists, artisans and vaping
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That's OK I just weld it together and go I dunno I'm just a dumb welder do you want the piece or not.
I'll let you explain it to the customer I don't get paid for cust service lol
Back in the 30's and 40's body shops used lead as filler to repair dents and damaged panels.
That's why they were called "Lead Sleds"
Also nothing to do with the thread but interesting.
That's OK I just weld it together and go I dunno I'm just a dumb welder do you want the piece or not.
I'll let you explain it to the customer I don't get paid for cust service lol
On that note I was welding column splices on the 48th floor of a highrise about 15 years ago and my welds kept blowing out. Never ever had that happen before at first I thought bad rods so I went to the heater and opened a fresh can same thing. When I told the inspector I was told its cause its Pakistan steel and to just grind and reweld till it takes
and we wonder why things are falling apart around us!
That's not correct. Yes, some stainless has lead added, to enhance machineability; but that's not what the L designation is. The L is a designation for 'Low carbon'. For example, 304L contains half the carbon content of 304. 316L contains about half the carbon of 316, etc.
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I thought if there is an L in the middle somewhere, it stands for lead...Like 12L14...
Thats how they remove the carbon by adding lead. I just said it so it must be true!
The class of stainless steels which sometimes contain lead are called Ferritic stainless steels. 300 series stainless steels, like 304, 316, etc., are called Austinitic stainless steels.
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12L14 does contain lead. But 12L14 is just cold roll steel. It's not stainless.
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Sorry, you are in a wrong place. We are not talking about clones here. But if you feel entitled to talk about clones, please continue.
Sorry, you are very wrong here. 304L is a stainless steel, but it does not have lead, L stands for LOW carbon.
12L14 is not a stainless steel (it is rather cheap carbon steel) with lead. Some examples of lead in SS?
It fit in the context of the posts preceding. I guess Im entitled to interpenetrate the conversation just as much as you seem entitled to play moderator with lame sarcastic comments.
Capitalists are opportunists by definition. So, no confusion here.
Yes, in medieval times artisans were one of the important forces of innovation. Now they are niche dwellers, most innovation comes from engineering, science, marketology (Steeve Jobs, for example). REO is a small thing in vaping, Subtank - much bigger.
Lead isn't added to stainless steel.
It's a byproduct of the coking process used to refine iron, used in all steel.
It's present in some stainless steels in very very small quantities.
It isn't relevant to our use of atomizers.
It won't leach out.
There's more lead in high end crystal glassware.
It's a byproduct of the coking process used to refine iron, used in all steel.
It's present in some stainless steels in very very small quantities.
It isn't relevant to our use of atomizers.
It won't leach out.
There's more lead in high end crystal glassware.
Oy! Credit where credit is due! It's the hobbyists/niche manufacturers who have made (I dare say) all innovation in the vaping world. Difference from medieval times is it doesn't take a couple of centuries for new ideas to travel the world. Gotta love hobby-driven innovation combined with the internet.
You know, I agree with you. But these were medieval times for vaping. Now we are moving to capitalism. New times, new manufacturers, new designers.
yea pretty cool how we went from juice bottle carto tanks to Phiniacs in less than a year Youtube and internet shopping is awesome. I managed to get a Kayfun 3.1 when it first hit the markets using a browser translator and dealing with a Russian gal named Olga ;-)
That remains to be seen. People who work with high-tech stuff can be hobbyists too. If we move on to e.g nebulizers, I don't doubt that some techy hobbyist may improve on the designs.
These are some interesting times with the dawn of home-based manufacturing like 3D printers and more affordable/available CNC equipment. Maybe the future revenue stream for current authentic manufacturers will be through designs, not products. Then again the designs would be even easier to copy.
If the innovators want to survive, they should take a business class before hyping their latest product.
The biggest problem I see is most of the "innovators" don't have a clue how to operate a business.
They have an idea, make a few pieces, hype them like they are a huge company when they don't even have a business address.
They have no business lisc, and operate through a Facebook account.
No matter what industry you are in, when the innovating players don't even have a contact phone and can't manufacture 1000 units, they are begging to be knocked off. It's not just vapes, it's not just China.
Modders are victims by their own design.
they are wrong. in all probability they used lead as a metaphor
as lead has lubricating properties and is softer.
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