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Placing a cam? Slotting a nut? Slinging a tree?
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Good news for my cams

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I dropped 2 cams (they shared a biner) from nearly the top of Whiteout (where you leave the crack). Bounced a few times on the way down, then landed in the dirt.

Magnaflux says:

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no cracks. The glowey parts are where I didn't wash the dye off really well (it collects on the cables, and underneath tiny areas really easily). I also fluxed a few biners for a friend that dropped a draw the next day from ~60 ft.[/img]
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Geek.



No,.. I'm just jealous. I wish i could do metallurgical analysis in my lab.
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I wish I knew what the hell you were talking about. I'm sure that this means no cracks in the equipment, but how the hell do you interpret that?
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Post by rohr »

Does magnaflux work on aluminum? I thought it only worked on ferrous metals. Or am I just confused? (Years ago I thought I wanted to be an engineer, but that was a long time ago, so I really don't know what I'm talking about.)
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Post by ynot »

Tell them the story of the 4.5 , Dipsi.
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ynot wrote:Tell them the story of the 4.5 , Dipsi.
Bwa ha! :lol: Do you still have the xray?

We actually had the rad read it! When he walked in, he said, "What the hell?"
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Post by Saxman »

You x-rayed a cam? LOL.
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I still have the x-ray. the patient survived with only scratches. We dropped it from the top of Synergy and it bounced off a rock at the bottom.
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rohr wrote:Does magnaflux work on aluminum? I thought it only worked on ferrous metals. Or am I just confused? (Years ago I thought I wanted to be an engineer, but that was a long time ago, so I really don't know what I'm talking about.)
The technique I used is liquid dye penetration. The parts are soaked in a special dye that glows under a black light. I've personally seen the dye penetrate into cracks as small as 10 microns. You then wash the dye off of the surface of the part, apply a developer (which wicks the dye which was in any cracks back to the surface), and look under a light. This will work with pretty much any material.

I think you may have been thinking of magnetic particle inspection, similar technique, and yes, it only works with ferrous materials.
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Post by Saxman »

That X-Ray needs posting.
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