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Old 12-16-2021, 10:32 PM   #29
zero_dgz   zero_dgz is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Thumper View Post
I think "all-thread" at big box stores is actually zinc. I used 1/4" all-thread to replace battery clamp rods in a tractor. Anything requiring actual torque would fail!

They're zinc plated. Definitely steel. Mild steel for sure, but still. A magnet will tell you.


You're right in that a solid zinc piece of allthread wouldn't stand up to... much of anything, really. It'd make a bitchin' high surface area electrode for zinc plating other things, though!


 
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