PRS says PAF covers were stainless steel???

[David Schwab]

I tried 430 SS. It's very magnetic.

I've been looking for NS sheets. The only one I found so far was a 12" X 12" sheet for about $53! Not exactly cheap.

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OK I found it cheaper here:

Order Nickel Silver 770 Sheet in Small Quantities at OnlineMetals.com

[flyneye]

15-5 and 17-4 are very magnetic as well but good luck finding that in sheet.
Can you imagine what NS cost when silver was worth something?
430 is ferritic,high chromium content, a bit turns up in aircraft, usually riveted as welded spots corrode and lose strength.

[David Schwab]

15-5 and 17-4 are very magnetic as well but good luck finding that in sheet.

They have it here:

Guide to Buying Stainless Steel Online | Online Metals Guide to Selecting Metals for Your Project

[Joe Gwinn]

Can you imagine what NS cost when silver was worth something?

There is no silver in nickel silver, despite the name. Nickel silver is a kind of brass, but with enough nickel to make it look sorta like real silver.

[David Schwab]

There is no silver in nickel silver, despite the name. Nickel silver is a kind of brass, but with enough nickel to make it look sorta like real silver.

I didn't catch that he said silver... I wondered when NS was ever worth more than it is now, since it is used for belt buckles and stuff.

flyneye nickel silver is typically 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc.

Nickel silver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[flyneye]

LOL , it's like "Merlins Gold". I had just recalled NS being a cheap alternative to sterling back in High School art class. Of course back then silver was up to $45. It dropped to squat after I graduated with a bunch of silversmithing under my belt.
Funny, but $52 a sq. ft. doesn't sound cheap. I'll take a look next time I go to "The Yard" store to see what I can find when I'm looking for 7050 AL for hardware. It's a cool metal and tool outlet with undersize sheet ,billet and extruded stock of various metals from industrial cast offs.
I miss the Niton metal reader I used at the old job. It would tell you how much of what you had in any metal down to the .001%.

[David Schwab]

Funny, but $52 a sq. ft. doesn't sound cheap.

That's not. But the second link I posted had the same size sheet for $18.45. The first one was a jewelry making web site. They had real silver for the same price, so I think they are trying to pull the wool over unsuspecting people's eyes.