There was a big brouhaha about counterfeit Grade 8s in the 1980s. We were scrambling to determine whether any had ever had, ah, our fingerprints thereupon (none had).
cordially,
a bridge too far
- (rcareaga)
- (11)
- March 28, 2013, 01:48:30 PM EDT
Update on the linked article
- (drook)
- (2)
- March 28, 2013, 02:41:05 PM EDT
Back in the day . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- March 28, 2013, 03:01:42 PM EDT
Love that...
- (folkert)
- March 28, 2013, 03:38:50 PM EDT
Re: a bridge too far
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (2)
- March 28, 2013, 02:54:40 PM EDT
sounds like "Grade 8" bolts
- (rcareaga)
- March 28, 2013, 03:58:26 PM EDT
I can't wait to see what the metal looks like on all those
- (mmoffitt)
- March 28, 2013, 04:43:19 PM EDT
Ohio bolts, eh?
- (hnick)
- (4)
- March 28, 2013, 07:10:47 PM EDT
Military Spec?
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (3)
- March 28, 2013, 09:11:53 PM EDT
We have a laboratory division
- (rcareaga)
- March 28, 2013, 10:35:17 PM EDT
Sometimes gov specs are way off from the norm though
- (crazy)
- (1)
- March 29, 2013, 12:38:32 PM EDT
The solution is simple.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- March 29, 2013, 01:20:22 PM EDT