DieselWeasel Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 How much more difficult is the 1/4" round FBBC stock compared to IM stock of the same diameter? I couldn't even kink a piece of 7" x 1/4" round FBBC stock a few minutes ago, but my last PR was a 5.25" IM blue nail! However, that 5.25" PR was only two nights ago -and- I did a heavy pull day in the gym, yesterday. What do you guys think!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNowiski Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 ???WTF??? How can it possibly be that hard... -Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselWeasel Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 I probably needed to rest more because I was even having difficulty with the 3/16" round FBBC stock which is BAD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I don't know any numbers but I can tell you first hand, FB's 5/16 round is substantially tougher than the Reds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN PRAYDIS Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I probably needed to rest more because I was even having difficulty with the 3/16" round FBBC stock which is BAD! ← you need a rest for sure sounds like your bent out take off 3 days nd try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselWeasel Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 I probably needed to rest more because I was even having difficulty with the 3/16" round FBBC stock which is BAD! ← you need a rest for sure sounds like your bent out take off 3 days nd try again ← Yeah, that's what it seems like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octogen Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 That FBBC 1/4" is tough stuff, much tougher then the IM stock. I wouldn't be surprised if you find that a 7" FBBC is about the same as a 5 1/2" IM For example I bent my first 60d in the same session as my first 5 1/2" FBBC and i reckon they were about the same strength. At the time I was blasting through blues like they were made of butter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankyBoy Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Not always a longer bar means that it is easier to bend too. If the 7" FBBC is just 5% harder than the Yellow it might already stop you as you focussed lately on bending shorter bars. You can test the bar by yourself by prekinking it and chrushing it down. I'm quite sure its not harder than a 5 1/2 Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselWeasel Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 OK, well I'm almost certain now that I couldn't bend it because I needed more recovery time from bending and lifting. Thanks, guys. I will be attempting a 5.0" IM blue nail on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermagnamon Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 gl dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 According to the chart that can be found on this forum (link below), the FBBC 1/4"x7" takes 240 lbs. to bend. The IM yellow and blue are 210 and 260, respectively. I will do my first bends with the FBBC stuff tonight. I'm hoping to be able to finish a few 1/4"x6-1/2" bars. My PB is a 5-1/2" blue. http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?showtop...3&hl=calibrated Rolle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselWeasel Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 (edited) According to the chart that can be found on this forum (link below), the FBBC 1/4"x7" takes 240 lbs. to bend. The IM yellow and blue are 210 and 260, respectively. I will do my first bends with the FBBC stuff tonight. I'm hoping to be able to finish a few 1/4"x6-1/2" bars. My PB is a 5-1/2" blue.http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?showtop...3&hl=calibrated Rolle ← Those numbers for the FBBC stock on that page are not the actual yield strength. Edited July 2, 2005 by DieselWeasel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Okay, I don't know what the actual numbers are. Do you know more accurate numbers? This was my first experience with FBBC stock: - 3/16"x5.5" round, 1 pc - 3/16"x5" round, 1 pc - 3/16"x6" square, 1 pc - 1/4"x7" round, 1 pc - 1/4"x6.5" round, 3 pcs - 1/4"x6" round, 1 pc The last bend took roughly ten seconds. Six inch length seems to be pretty much my bending "sweet spot". Rolle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolf Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 BUMP! Does someone know the actual yield strengths of the FBBC stock if the values in the thread I referred to are not accurate, as DieselWeasel wrote? Rolle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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