![]() ![]() As a whole business I make a little above min wadge, but the fact I reinvest into the business so much probably puts be at or below the line. ![]() Of my sales I see about 30% of it as income. ![]() More money goes into restocking and supplies than my own pocket (counting taxes, food, bills etc). On the talk of business, I haven't given myself a raise since I started my business in ~2013. You'd have to make the bolt bigger to make it as strong and still be lighter than steel, of course that's not really an option so I suspect this is why it's not done. That tells me that if you made the bolt the same volume/size of the steel bolt, it will be 56% lighter, and something like 5-10% weaker. Based on what comes up, density wise Titanium is 56% lighter than steel (aka the same bolt would be around 1/2 the weight if made exactly the same size), strength wise weight based, titanium is as strong as steel at 45% the weight. I don't know enough info about metals but I know google fu lol. I suspect the parts won't be cheap though due to the much slower machining process? Not sure how much it costs to have parts professionally hardened and zinc coated to compare though or if there's much for options out there. I'd think if the Stainless is similar in strength, people would go pretty nuts for it since it's going to be more or less free from rust problems besides the fact new parts are always handy to have available. I'm pretty sure the front axle bolts are hardened just based on their finish quality and how they hold up for dents/scratches. Never done a file test or anything for harness testing, neat idea though and makes sense. Of course like I said, don't know how that all works exactly, so maybe I'm wildly off on my thinking, it's just what I'd do if I understand the situation right. Don't know a whole lot about machine metal supplies, but couldn't you get say 15 feet and get 16 units out of it with 2 inches of material for the cutting losses? Of course mixing and matching seems the most logical way, like order 2 feet and make one part that's 13in while the other is under 11in. ![]()
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