El Maximo wrote:
"oilsardine" wrote in message
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hi, guys,
I just ordered some stainless piano-hingepins (pn#03-49000). What Aircraft
Spruce delivered were some cad-plated rods. I previously got some
stainless and these were silvery-shiny. I complained at AS and they
responded that their stainless 302 pins truely were cad-plated (?) I never
heared about such. What should cad-plating of stainless be good for?



I work at a place that sells a bunch of stainless and cad-plated parts. I
asked one of the engineers if it was possible to cad-plate stainless steel.

He replied it makes no sense at all. Cad plating is used for corrosion
resistance. Stainless steel is corrosion resistant.

Stick a magnet to the part and see if it sticks. Magnets don't stick to
stainless steel.


Some stainless alloys are magnetic.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired