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15 Nov 10 View Image Whats another eight ounces to my friend Wardell He has been with our company for 44 years. We took a stab at guessing how many pounds of Priceless' metallic friends have passed though our building since he started in 1966 ready?.... 3,520,000,000# or roughly 80 million pounds per year. From the steel for Schwinn Bikes to the parts of your cell phone, he moved the metal. 15 Nov 10 View Image C1050 Annealed Spring Steel. Priceless sits on top of a small coil of 1050 spring steel. This material will eventually be used to make parts that are harded by heat treatment into springs that are used in everything from appliances to cars. This coil weighs 8200# To his right are two small 3500# coils of type 302 full hard stainless steel. Full hard 302 is also reffered to as spring stainless because of its high strength and resistance to deformation. 302 is also called "18-8" stainless because it contains 8% min nickl 15 Nov 10 View Image Electro-Tin Coated Steel Used to make little buttons with a hole in them that hold the wick in the bottom of votive candles. 1/4# bright reflow finish, #3 slit edge, .0082" X 1.25" X coil. Each coil 120# - 140# and has enough material to make about 5000 candles. Order is for 20,000# total. The customer purchases about 5 orders a year. 18 Nov 07 View Image Might Be a Lure
21 Oct 07 View Image FUTURE OF THE 2007 SUPERBOWL CHAMPS 21 Jul 05 View Image Pile of Rods At the black hole 21 Jul 05 View Image The Black Hole 5 Mar 05 View Image MONOLITH