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Chockstone Forum - Gear Lust / Lost & Found

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Etiquette on dropped gear 9-Nov-2011 At 10:31:57 AM vonClimb
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A few years ago a dropped a quick drawer off a 100m cliff. Obviously it was to never be used again.

However I ran into a guy who works for metolius in oregon. His job is quality control of beaners and cams. When these are manufactured he would inspect the metal components under microscope looking for any of these microfractures greater than some critical size. If found they would either try recover the part or throw it out.

I gave him my draw to have a look at and he immediately spotted a small indent on one of the beaners that looked dubious. He said it was especially bad because it was on the inner edge of the beaner which gets loaded in tension and hence pulls any microcracks open.

Food for thought.

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