The Rarest of ALL Mags ( I don't even have one)

[Tao]

Is the valve AND bolt made from Ti or just the valve?

[p8ntbal4me]

4 years and one post?!?!?!

don miguel needs to be your apprentice.

Roooooooooolling over this one!!! :rofl:

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

find another one, compare the color VERY carefully, and weigh the two

Strangely enough, one of my brother-in-laws has an older 'Mag!

[skipdogg]

just an idea

not to be saying anything about the former AGD employees, but... Tom have you first thought about who was working for you then. I would guess an employee may have 'reallocated' them to their personal collection. Sorry, but I just had to say it. I think it would be foolish to not consider that angle.

[Tao]

SO what are standard valves suposed to weigh? (and is that without the bolt and spring?) How much SHOULD the Ti ones weigh?

*Bonus points for answering in grams*

[Jimmykaboots]

so our options are as so?

1. rub it against a metal grinder, orange sparks is steel, white sparks is titanium
2. rub it againt glass, leaves a mark is titanium, doesn't leave a mark is steel
3. weigh it, steel is slightly heavier than titanium <--- but how much heavier i am wondering? Heck how do you even get the valve out of the automag classic?
4. Odometer(whats this? something about electrical current, can someone explain? i'd rather not rub my valve against glass or a metal grinder lol thanks)

[FARMER00]

ok well, i have an old ti lacrosse shaft (the only pure ti lacrosse shaft modle) but i broke it in a game last year and i also have various grades of stainless,

glass doeesnt leave a mark on either, the grinding thing is true, ti has white sparks, i cant test the weight to give numbers, and and also i just checked the ohms and for Ti i got about 5 and for SS i got about 2 i used 2 sources for both

watch, lacrosse shaft for ti
and classic valve and swiss army knife for SS

[aqua_scummm]

I rubbed my Ti spork against glass several times and got nothing.

I then used my multimeter to read resistance. I have an old field rental mag, and the two valve havles are quite different in color. The front, which is rental specific (no access to air chamber, few other differences) registered at from .1 ohms to .3 ohms. The rear, which is a standard 68automag reg, registered from .3 ohms to .6 ohms.

I had my hopes up that they ran out of automag rears, and put a Ti one on before stamping them, but I doubt it.

AGD/Tom Kaye:

Were the Ti Valves stamped already? Or were they just sitting there unstamped? If the latter, they could have been salvaged for parts, someone could have a Ti powertube, another a Ti reg, etc.

[Thanna]

so our options are as so?

1. rub it against a metal grinder, orange sparks is steel, white sparks is titanium
2. rub it againt glass, leaves a mark is titanium, doesn't leave a mark is steel
3. weigh it, steel is slightly heavier than titanium <--- but how much heavier i am wondering? Heck how do you even get the valve out of the automag classic?
4. Odometer(whats this? something about electrical current, can someone explain? i'd rather not rub my valve against glass or a metal grinder lol thanks)

Lol. Odometer is what's in your car. An Ohm-meter measure the resistance of a particular object.

[aqua_scummm]

ok well, i have an old ti lacrosse shaft (the only pure ti lacrosse shaft modle) but i broke it in a game last year and i also have various grades of stainless,

glass doeesnt leave a mark on either, the grinding thing is true, ti has white sparks, i cant test the weight to give numbers, and also im about to go check the ohms on my multimeter any second

My teammate (coach's son, attackman of course) wrapped a stick around a player at a tournament, and broke his shaft into three pieces. It was amazing, I've seen Ti break, and heard it was kind of brittle, but two fracture points?

[FARMER00]

My teammate (coach's son, attackman of course) wrapped a stick around a player at a tournament, and broke his shaft into three pieces. It was amazing, I've seen Ti break, and heard it was kind of brittle, but two fracture points?

i just snapped it in half, but an attackman shaft isnt very stong anyways its was probaly a ti composite shaft,

[aqua_scummm]

Yeah, combined with the fact that it was three years old (oils from hands will weaken Ti over time), but still, two fractures. You just don't see that. As soon as it fractures once, all the stress is relieved, no need for a second fracture.

[FARMER00]

Yeah, combined with the fact that it was three years old (oils from hands will weaken Ti over time), but still, two fractures. You just don't see that. As soon as it fractures once, all the stress is relieved, no need for a second fracture.

yeah that is pretty sweet, im jelouse lol ive broken over 15 shafts (wood, ti, aluminum and composits) but never broke it in 2 places

[zorrotmm]

Hmmm. That's odd. My mag valve seems to weigh the same as a duck.

[aqua_scummm]

Hmmm. That's odd. My mag valve seems to weigh the same as a duck.

BURN IT!!!!