Magazine materials question

alanint · 01-12-2012, 09:53 AM

Although Aluminum is the third most common material on Earth, the process for obtaining useful Aluminum alloy made Aluminum an uncommon, if not rare material until the 1920's,
(the cap of the Washington Monument was made of at the time, rare Aluminum!).
Wood was easy to work and to shape into intricate parts, which could easely stand the stress of a magazine spring when new. It also was easely stamped with whatever simbols were desired.

01-12-2012, 09:53 AM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Although Aluminum is the third most common material on Earth, the process for obtaining useful Aluminum alloy made Aluminum an uncommon, if not rare material until the 1920's, (the cap of the Washington Monument was made of at the time, rare Aluminum!). Wood was easy to work and to shape into intricate parts, which could easely stand the stress of a magazine spring when new. It also was easely stamped with whatever simbols were desired.