Packing

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hoody
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Packing

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A friend of mine is a engineer and can lay his hand's on alot of stainless steel "swarf". Would this be suitable for packing??
Cant seem to find any 100% copper scrubbie's here in NZ and dont want to have to pay for the stainless one's if the Swarf will do?

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Hoody
Dnderhead
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Re: Packing

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Id say yes as long as it is not so fine that it chokes your colum.
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Re: Packing

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SS turnings will work well as long as you wash the machine oil off well... Milling chips should be avoided as they compact too densely and will invoke flooding...
hoody
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Re: Packing

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They were the 2 concern's I had. I'll ask him to be selective on what he get's for me then.
Sweet! The more I get into this build the cheaper it's getting!
Thank's for the reply's

Hoody
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