BIG chunks of aluminum...?

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BIG chunks of aluminum...?

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Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum, drum-shaped maybe 30-36" diameter and six feet long. Is that what a factory would but to make engine blocks or something...? Never saw chunks that size of any metal before, just sheets, tubes, or rods.
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Billets?
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Those are what a foundry would buy to melt down. They then could be used for cast aluminum parts, or go to a sheet mill to roll out into aluminum sheet of all gauges. Maybe even aluminum foil.
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Yup, or even extruded into any shape imaginable. You may see it again in a different shape.
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AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum...
Take less fiber and call a doctor.
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JohndeFresno wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum...
Take less fiber and call a doctor.
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JohndeFresno wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum...
Take less fiber and call a doctor.
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AJMD429 wrote:
JohndeFresno wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum...
Take less fiber and call a doctor.
I was worried Hillary would get elected, so I swallowed three AR-15 lowers... :shock: ... I didn't realize they would swell like that... :?
Don't worry, be happy. In that case have MORE fiber, maybe it'll help this pass!
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JohndeFresno wrote:
AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum...
Take less fiber and call a doctor.
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AJMD429 wrote:Just passed a semi with three cylinders of what looked like aluminum, drum-shaped maybe 30-36" diameter and six feet long. Is that what a factory would but to make engine blocks or something...? Never saw chunks that size of any metal before, just sheets, tubes, or rods.
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Probably headed for Cummins or Subaru or whoever for making big stuff, but hopefully they are headed to Bushmaster or someplace like that - probably a whole year's production of AR receivers in one of those billets...!
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AJMD429 wrote:Probably headed for Cummins or Subaru or whoever for making big stuff, but hopefully they are headed to Bushmaster or someplace like that - probably a whole year's production of AR receivers in one of those billets...!
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