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    Huge air purifiers. Stainless or alum?

    Picked two of these up today. This is what was inside. Also has a rather large motor. Just not sure if its alum or stainless. Dont have the grinder at home right now..

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    My guess alum. unless coming from a corrosive environment .

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    ^^ last time I turned 2 of those in they were stainless. I had the ones like in the right of your picture
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    If a magnet does not stick and there are no sparks when you hit with the angle grinder then it is Al if you see sparks then its SS. By the way the sparks from SS are less that with regular steel. I suggest you use the magnet from a hard drive. Mike.
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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    If a magnet does not stick and there are no sparks when you hit with the angle grinder then it is Al if you see sparks then its SS. By the way the sparks from SS are less that with regular steel. I suggest you use the magnet from a hard drive. Mike.
    Iv got a big magnet from a speaker right now. Needed the grinder at work and didnt bring it home with me this weekend, but I went back out and checked again. a knife does slice little slivers off rather easily so i'm guessing its AL.


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