"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:08:22 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:50:15 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:12:44 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Conduit? Not so much. It's pretty brittle metal - akin to white metal
actually.

That is nuts. EMT, electrical metallic tubing, is steel. It is far
from brittle, you can bend it any way you want. What is properly
called conduit is plain old pipe, the kind that carries water and gas.

Sorry dude - EMT is thin walled flat cold rolled low grade
non-hardened steel.

It's basically white metal.

White metals contain things like lead, tin, antimony, zinc. No iron,
no carbon.

It is mild steel, like about 95% of the steel in use. As in autos,
buildings, bridges, ships. You want to be different and call steel
white metal, you have a problem. It about as brittle as bubble gum.

Casady

I'm a welder. Have been since 1974. I know a little. You sure are adamant
about terms. Read my lips: Conduit will work fine for the purpose of a
bimini top provided it is not used in a salt water environment. You can
call it white metal, brown metal, pink metal, blue metal, orange metal, grey
metal, metal, puce metal, magenta metal, and it doesn't change the fact that
it will perform satisfactorily, although it will be a little heavier than
aluminum, and a little harder to get or make hardware for.

Hope this helps you get over your terminology neurosis.

Steve