Beryllium copper spring strip - need source

Buy a cheap hot plate at the thrift store. Use/modify/canabalize the t-stat. JR Dweller in the cellar

WKW wrote:

BeCu for a toaster oven? I use brass sheet from the hobby store for electrical repairs. A shorter lifespan doesn't matter much if the part is easy to make.

BeCu for a toaster oven? I use brass sheet from the hobby store for electrical repairs. A shorter lifespan doesn't matter much if the part is easy to make.

I was thinking the same thing. Why use BeCu when something else that's easier and cheaper to acquire would also work? I would be skeptical if the original part was even made out of BeCU.

Or just get another from the thrift store for $5. Unless you're dead, your time's worth something and spending hours chasing down bits for fixing cheap appliances doesn't meet MY criteria for cost- effectiveness. Yeah, it's giving in to the throw-away society and all, but they aren't making things to be easily repaired anymore.

Stan

Strip it out of an old relay. ...or as others have suggested, go to the thrift store and buy yourself another $5.00 toaster.

Just a reminder: Do not grind, machine, or polish anything that you suspect may contain even a small percentage of beryllium. I have seen Chronic Beryllium Disease and it is not pretty.