Tired A 60d

[96bird]

I went to a local mom and pop hardware store to search for 60d nails. I found a set of some for a good price 10/$1.29 and went ahead and bought 10. I knew these looked like they were a little bigger than the 1/4" CRS that I had been bending before, so I got the Mic out and measured it. They came in at exactly 1/64" (17/64") bigger than the 1/4". Is this typical or did I get some nails that are actually a little bit bigger than standard? Here is a pic.

Nail

I went ahead and rolled it up to try after I killed a couple 60d TT. The nail felt pretty much like a brick. I kinked it just slightly. I thought that maybe I had just gotten lucky the other day with the 1/4"x6" CRS, so I rolled up another piece of CRS and killed it in less than 10 sec. I guess I was just pissed off that I couldn't bend the nail. I went ahead and bent some more TT to end the workout. I could tell after the fight with the nail that I need to get some sledge work in for my wrists and hold back a little bit. Here is a pic of the little kink..

Slight kink

My question is...how strong was this nail? I figured that it was probably ~300-310, but I am not sure how much the extra 1/64" affected the strength. Anyway I thought I had found some nails to bend for volume but I was wrong....at least for now. I plan on bending it within the next week.

[96bird]

Ha...I can't believe I spelled tried wrong in the title.

[AP]

60ds are all a little bigger than 1/4. That nail looks like an ave or slightly harder than ave 60d (course its hard to tell just by looks). That's actually a pretty solid kink, I think you'll be getting these soon. When you can get 4 in a row or so you should be able to get a G5 - unless thats a super hard 60d.

Edited July 14, 2006 by AP

[96bird]

I plan on getting a G5 soon. Thanks for the info...I was just making sure. I just thought that since I was melting the Ironmind Blue so easy that the 60d would go down also. I'll hit it again on Tuesday and see what I can do.

[gazza]

96bird

Your off to a great start having the strength to kink 60ds

Go and buy yourself a load of different 60ds(much cheaper than g5s)and start bending them if you can only kink them,move them on a little in a vise or with pipes and then finish them,each time trying less of a help with the bars or vise then eventually you will be doing thewm easy.

[96bird]

Thanks Gazza. I will look around for more nails...they seem to be pretty hard to find in my town. Only the little mom and pop stores usually have them.

[gazza]

96bird

Save up some money and order yourself a beginners benders bag from FBBC.

[96bird]

Well I am having some problems with this nail for sure. I couldn't even move one today. I kept bending it (using a vise) until I could bend it on my own. That ended up being after it was passed 90 degrees, so basically I just did a crush down on it. I am going to get some more 1/4" CRS and play around with it some more. I need something in between the nails that I am using and the Ironmind Blue.

Russell