rScotty
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- Rural mountains - Colorado
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- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
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Great! If you don't mind me asking, what kind of premium did you pay for the hot dipped bolts? You'll be glad you went that way after the table gets wet a few times. Electroplated galvanizing just doesn't last compared to hot dipped.
I used to use stainless fasteners for outdoor furniture, but too much of the imported stuff was made using 303/304 series SS .... which does rust and pit, although not as bad as basic carbon steel bolts.
If you ever do use stainless bolts, it's worth getting 316 alloy. They don't rust. Absolutely required for marine/saltwater use.
You can tell the two SS alloys apart by color after some practice but the easy way is with a magnet:
303/304 is strongly ferromagnetic, i.e. attracted to a magnet.
The preferred 316 is only weakly magnetic or not at all.
Big difference.
rScotty