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  1. 6061 Aluminum Alloy: 10 Must-Know Facts

    Oct
    17
    2023

    6061 Aluminum is a versatile, high-performance material. Highly cost-effective, it features a high aluminum content level and major alloying elements of magnesium, silicon, copper, and chromium. It can also contain trace amounts of additional elements, depending on an application’s requirements. It’s the most widely used heat-treatable aluminum alloy available and a critical alloy in many […]

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  2. DiResta Aluminum Hatchet Handle

    Nov
    14
    2014

    Few Things I know already about this hatchet; it is too heavy, the balance is off, it will shatter, the sheath should have rivets, the head will cut through the stitching, it was “hung” all wrong, brass wedge is a bad idea, I will get blisters, I should only ever use BLO to finish any […]

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