mystery metal

Well, beryllium is what I'd have thought of first about the dust warning, but it's too heavy.

Do you have an accurate scale?

Lead? Printers type metal? Is the metal soft? (Can you score a line on it with your fingernail?) What color is it? Is there any rust on it?

You can measure its density - eureka!

Grant

Lewis Hartswick wrote:

Looks like it's a solid carbide cutter blank.

The text under the second picture refers to FK-20M....

Denser than steel and potentially hazardous as an airborne particulate: uranium, beryllium copper, lead, leaded brass/bronze, cadmium, cadmium solder, mercury amalgam, niello, to name a few. Color, density, and hardness might help narrow the choices. What else does the warning label say?

Bert

Lewis Hartswick wrote:

To add to this, I found the STB 232 as a blank also:

Dave

Aha Hah ! Looks very much like that is it. Havent had a chance to weigh it yet but will if I can find a sensitive scale. Thanks. ...lew...

Yep. Must have been bought years ago to try and repair or build some woodworking router bits. Will have to lable it well and put it somewhere "special" ( that means it'll disapear forever ). Thanks ...lew...

And from that page, using the link at the bottom, does the Warning label the OP noted look like this?:

If you need to find a good use for it, it makes a good, wear resistant platen for a 1x 42 belt grinder.

Randy

Not quite but the same idea. I'm sure that is waht it is now. Bigest question now would be how to cut it into peices suitable for some use. Atachable by brazing I'm sure. ...lew...