Measuring Tensile strength [How do you do it at home ?]

From: steve mew (mewsteve_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/25/04

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:49:56 GMT

So I have an ingot of unknown metal, how would I measure the tensile, shear,
stress and strain strengths ?
[Using tools at home ]

Any ideas greatly appreciated

Thanks

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