I tried to bend a couple of pieces this afternoon using the press. I could hear cracking as it was bending. It's like it's cracked in layers. I've never seen this before. I know it's cold but wtf.
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We had some cap head bolts that kept shearing. When it came to drilling them to fit stud extractors the drills kept chipping. There were bits of hard metal in the bolts which we think werent't melted when all the scrap was put in the furnace. They were from China so not surprised. Probably included some old Trabants and Lancias too.
Impossible, they all turned to iron oxide back in the 80's.