Cyrogenicaly frozen picks and tension wrenches

by **BazookaMedic** » 27 Nov 2006 21:48

What would they be like. Cyrogenic freezing makes metal extremely uniform and strong. It would be expensive but its just another one of my strange ideas. Input? Suggestions?

by **Schuyler** » 27 Nov 2006 21:49

Really?

Not brittle? How does the process work?

by **UWSDWF** » 27 Nov 2006 21:50

i imagine it would make them very nasty to hold

by **BazookaMedic** » 27 Nov 2006 21:56

Well over 24 hour they cool the metal to -300 degrees farenheight (Speling?). Then they heat the object over another twenty four hours to 150-300 degrees pending on the applicastion of the metal farenheight.

by **zeke79** » 27 Nov 2006 22:02

Thicker steel does not become brittle as many high power precision barrels are cyro treated. Who knows how a thin metal would react especially with the wide arrays of metals used to make picks. I am sure a high carbon content pick would react differently than a lower carbon content pick same with stainless.

It is basically done as a stress relieving process.

by **BazookaMedic** » 27 Nov 2006 22:05

Zeke you shoot with the CMP by any chance?

by **zeke79** » 27 Nov 2006 22:09

No, I have never found a gun to be more or less accurate after treating. I honestly think the barrel is either a shooter or not personally.

by **zeke79** » 27 Nov 2006 22:13

Ah the Civilian Marksmanship Program... I was thinking there was a company who done Cyro called CMP. No, I do not. We tried to get a group together in this area to do so and I became a certified NRA instuctor for rifle and pistol but the group never came about.

I have shot long range rifle for quite some time but have not messed with that for a few years now too much. I mostly work up handloads for over privelidged people in this area who go on safaris and exotic hunts.

by **BazookaMedic** » 27 Nov 2006 22:14

We had btter get back on subject, but what calibers do youre people prefer? I handload myself.

by **BazookaMedic** » 27 Nov 2006 22:26

Back on subject here is some info on the cyro process.

http://www.300below.com/site/home.html

by **Romstar** » 28 Nov 2006 1:51

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that it won't do a thing for a tool of this size.

The characteristics of the metal, combined with the size of the tool would suggest that it wouldn't impart any extra flexibility or durability.

I can't try this out right now, as the physics lab is actually closed until after Christmas. Not to mention that I am not sure how my old professor would feel about this particular experiment. We'll see.

Romstar

by **BazookaMedic** » 28 Nov 2006 9:09

You can not just trhow the object in raw liquid nitrogen, as it wil create MORE stress in the metal. It has to bee cooled in a dry chaber of twenty four hours then reheated over another 24 hours for it to work. So thats one thing for you to rember Romstar.

by **Legion303** » 28 Nov 2006 9:32

I imagine it's just as useful as the cryo guitar strings you can buy: overpriced and under-performing.

-steve

by **BazookaMedic** » 28 Nov 2006 19:25

I personally belive that guitar strings are ment to break over time. WHEN AND IF cyrogenic freezing gets cheap it might be something to look into.

by **Gordon Airporte** » 28 Nov 2006 23:05

This isn't something I'd pay to have done for just a pick, but if I could slip a pick or two in with a knife or something else I was having treated...
Of course, if you're breaking picks all that often you're probably doing something wrong.

Cyrogenicaly frozen picks and tension wrenches

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