I'm not sure I can even spell metalurgy, and I may be way off base here, but it seems to me that aluminum would be expected to fail if used as a chainwhip, because it is too brittle to use as a lever of any sort (unless a very short lever). Dave Van Hook Hershey (hey, chocolate won't work either) PA
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