Posted by Dachshund on March 10, 2016 at 05:25:05 from (216.139.126.249):
In Reply to: Todays steel posted by Eldon (WA) on March 09, 2016 at 21:27:24:
One word - China.....
I used to test metals of all sorts for construction use. The steel became so bad that it was hard to find anything usable. This was because of an influx of cheap (cr^p) steel from China. Most states began limiting the Chinese content in the 1990's, but it still contains a certain percentage.
China isn't the only one, though - even British metallurgy is not up to US standards. I remember working on Harrier engines (and other parts). The US made stuff even LOOKED better - some of the British parts looked like Swiss cheese (impurities, poor casting process). When we heat treated British stuff, there was a good chance it would fail during the process.
Even bolts, nuts, washers, etc are Chinese now.....
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