Quote Originally Posted by harry hills View Post
For the record, that bent bar wasn't hardox, it was a different kind of steel which turned out to basically be only just better than mild. It was also 8mm not 12mm. So, don't build your bar from 8mm mild steel and you'll be fine. Also wasn't that the hit that slightly bent your 20mm hardox beater which caused you to shit even more bearings up through the rest of the comp, Alex?
I hit you so hard I bent my own beater, which was under designed because I had estimated at top speed of 8000rpm with losses, not 11'000 :P And I was using tapered thrust bearings which had to be in compression (something I didn't know at the time) so that's why they kept exploding. If I ran that again I would use regular deep groove and I doubt it would break/explode. As for the thickness, I just looked at the Pic and guessed And I failed :P