[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Titanium Crowbar (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 10/1/2008 11:34:47 PM EDT
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I am needing a crowbar for something, so I was thinking well maybe its time to go and buy one of those titanium ones. Where is a good place to order one from? |
www.qualitysafetytools.com/ccp0-prodshow/T-CRWB.html T-CRWB - Titanium crow bar 18'' Titanium crow bar 18'' Non-Magnetic Hypoallergenic Price: $160.00 
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chrome/nickel are metals that a lot of people have a great degree of sensitivity to, most ear piercing infections are caused from these metals being in contact with the skin..cheap jewelry and watches tend to have the same effect.... |
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Here are some cheaper ones. $40 bucks, $53 for the 28'' version I say go with a Haligan/Hooligan tool |
Man, that seems awfully cheap for that quantity of titanium. |
It's actually a little heavier than aluminum and weaker than steel by volume, it's about twice as strong as either by weight. Steel is way better for edges, titanium gets brittle at a much lower hardness. I would imagine a titanium crowbar wouldn't wear very well, be sweet to have in an emergency though. |
I'd 'spect that some alloys of Titanium would be too brittle for use as a prying tool. Weren't there a bunch of Ti crowbars that came in CHEAP from Russia some years back? |
I'm sure that the person with the allergy won't be too worried about a rash around the crushed portion of his skull! |
Pure Ti is not very hard, but its springiness makes it a bitch to machine. It can be alloyed for many different purposes. A titanium crowbar makes sense if weight is an issue, or in a corrosive environment (e.g. at sea). |
Since when? I'll find a piece of steel when I want to make sparks. Titanium and it's most common alloys are 50% denser than aluminum, about half that of steel. Strength is variable. It is as strong as steel alloys, but that doesn't tell you much as the strength could vary from 70 ksi to 200 ksi. Not a useful measure without details. Folks ought to get a little education before swallowing media hype and sales marketing. Titanium crow bars are just a dumbass idea except maybe in a handful of specialty applications. Anti spark ain't one. |
 Steel is the basis for those survival fire starters, because it makes a nice, strong spark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_spark_lighter A flint spark lighter (sometimes just called a spark lighter, striker, or flint lighter) is a type of lighter used in many applications to safely light a gaseous fuel to start a flame. It is most commonly used for bunsen burners and oxyacetylene welding torches. A flint spark lighter works by rapidly rubbing a small piece of ferrocerium against a rough steel surface (also called the rasp), in much the same way flint and steel are used. This manual rubbing action, done by squeezing the handle, creates a spark which then lights the gaseous fuel. |
| I have one of those Ruskie crow bars, and they are okay, but I haven't used it for anything strenuous because I intend to use it in my BOB. I have ordinary "made in the USA" steel ones for everyday stuff around the house. They were bought at the Home Depot before they switched to the Chicom stuff 10 years ago. |
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Steel: ~.28 lbs/cu-in, 30,000,000 psi Young's Modulus (stiffness) Ti: ~.16 lbs/cu-in, 16,000,000 psi Young's Modulus Alum: ~.10 lbs/cu-in, 10,000,000 psi Young's Modulus. The STRENGTH (ie, yield and failure) will vary with composition and heat treat. Some aluminums are stronger than some mild steels. But you can't get away from the basic mass and stiffness properties. Ti can be brittle or not, depending on composition and heat treatment. Just buying a "titanium" bar garuntees nothing, except status. If that's what you buy a crowbar for, well, your choice is made... Edit: not disputing K2QB3's post, just adding to it. |
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I used to work in the medical equipment repair field and we had a variety of hand tools made out of titanium to work on or around MRI machines. This is because it is non-magnetic. Unless you are in a similarly specialized situation it would be a complete waste of your money. |
Realllllyyyy. |
Having worked with many different metals in the sheet metal shop, I would agree with this. |