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Wet Prospecting Shovels - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Ded Driver" data-source="post: 538900" data-attributes="member: 12692"><p>shovels & a lot of other mundane implements are made with recycled steel (most often not in Aust.), where the steel is of a poor quality due to contaminants & steel alloys all thrown in, & the result is a steel that can go brittle with use (fatigue), & can have manufacturing flaws included.</p><p>Some time ago new laws were introduced to stop recycled steel being used in structural steel & critical industrial applications (piping etc).</p><p>Importers must be able to produce data sheets/test certificates for this.</p><p>But meantime we still get crap products like your shovel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ded Driver, post: 538900, member: 12692"] shovels & a lot of other mundane implements are made with recycled steel (most often not in Aust.), where the steel is of a poor quality due to contaminants & steel alloys all thrown in, & the result is a steel that can go brittle with use (fatigue), & can have manufacturing flaws included. Some time ago new laws were introduced to stop recycled steel being used in structural steel & critical industrial applications (piping etc). Importers must be able to produce data sheets/test certificates for this. But meantime we still get crap products like your shovel. [/QUOTE]
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