Subject	exactly how high-quality are those Titanium keys of ours?
Posted by	ZEngineer on July 06, 2003 at 4:29 AM
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Message	I sort of bent my Ti key by trying to open a wine bottle with it (please dont ask for details...) The key still works but now I have to jiggle it inside the lock a bit before it can turn. It's bent at the center and I need to move the tip about 4 or 5 mm towards the straight line axis. So I'm wondering if I can just use pliers to bend it back straight or will it break? I went and made a cheap 5$ duplicate of the key in case it breaks, and the key-store guy refused to try to straighten it for me since it's a strange material to him. George (Feeling mighty stupid right now)
Follow Ups	exactly how high-quality are those Titanium keys of ours? - ZEngineer 04:29:14 07/06/03 Mine broke :( - X-STAT1C (Houston) 04:46:25 07/06/03 Strange, my 91 orig. is still in close to perfect condition (n/m) - therinL 09:35:20 07/06/03 mine too ... well, it cracked - markpearl91tt 15:07:30 07/06/03 I would try heating it up before straightening it. (n/m) - Escort Z 04:50:05 07/06/03 lol, I was just looking at Temp. Vs Ductility graphs for Ti - ZEngineer 05:00:38 07/06/03 Are you and Xstatic talking about OEM Ti key or replication? - Technomancer 07:04:44 07/06/03 dont know about Xstatic, but my key was the original one (n/m) - ZEngineer 07:15:57 07/06/03 mine is slightly bent (n/m) - AcdPa 08:15:38 07/06/03 They are stong but brittle. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 08:49:32 07/06/03 I bent mine about the same amount and just bent it back with - Bernie 11:04:17 07/06/03 I would recommend that everyone with titanium keys make - DVDburn(MD) 12:21:57 07/06/03 Put it in a bench vice. - Xi0nX4 (ohio) 12:55:20 07/06/03 put it in a vice (n/m) - Spee 13:42:16 07/06/03 make sure its a smooth one and not one with the - Zmas 16:41:44 07/06/03 LOL, dat's what corkscrews are for! (n/m) - LoveBone 18:21:33 07/06/03
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