Barry, I have a couple of the 32 mm Ti McG rings on the way from the Shoppe along with some more mini McG gate clips. Unfortunately they were out of the Ti gate clips.
May not need it on the ring anyways, we'll see. Anyways, I read that these Ti rings are more easily deformed than steel.
Your question makes me feel a lot better ... there are other OCD's on the forum :nana:
Yield Strength (aka Elastic Limit) is the amount of stress that causes permanent deformation in a material. Young's Modulus (aka Modulus of Elasticity or Tensile Modulus) is used to predict the elongation or compression of an object as long as the stress is less than the yield strength of the material. Let's look at the numbers ...
Ti-6Al-4V
Tensile Yield 128 ksi (880 MPa)
Modulus of Elasticity 16,500 ksi (114 GPa)
For comparison let's use a well known fatigue resistant steel - 4140HTSRA (heat treated, stress relieved, annealed):
Tensile Yield 140 ksi (965 MPa)
Modulus of Elasticity 29,700 ksi (205 GPa)
As the numbers show, 4140 has a Tensile Yield 9% higher than Ti-6-4 and Modulus is almost twice as much. But in the real world (at least the world of key rings) it would appear to be a non issue:
How did you get it over the thick edge of the Keyton without over flexing it? I'd like to put a Ti Pest on it with a Ti Mako, but I'm concerned about deforming the ring. Any suggestions?
I never gave it much thought, just pried open the split end as little as possible and held each item so it spread the split a minimal amount.