doc_rot said:seen this? its like damascus steel but with Ti.
irk miller said:Haha. Yeah, lots of work apparently in making that stuff. One of the dudes that invented it burned his shop down with liquid titanium in one of their iterations.
datadavid said:Problem with ti is the violent oxidization at high temperature in active atmosphere, needs to be molten and cast in inert atmosphere.
It even self combusts in the right conditions.
Also i wonder, does it really make good cutting edges? Its either real tough and soft or very brittle. I understood titanium comes in 8 grades of alloy from soft to hard, that what you mean Tuna? Would be nice to weld in a red hard ti edge on a tougher backbone.
Tune-A-Fish© said:While I'm figuring out ways to grind the fork leg for the brake mount with some precision and not fuck it up!
I needed to get the oil lines done up... well I just don't like hose clamps so I got an AN4 90 and a weld in bung so why not see if I can get the temps right and solder this copper to mild ... well after a too hot attempt, cleaned it all up again slathered the flux on and heated er up slow(r) and as soon as the lead free solidified I pulled the heat and I'll be damn it took like soldering up a brass fitting
Pics after hitting with jewelers file and wire brush.
Now I have AN6 parts coming for supply and return also.
hurco550 said:I know when guys fit a second brake to cb550 legs, they usually just use a file and lots of checking. I was making fixtures to mount it via the axle clamp and seal surface to do the machining on a Bridgeport, but eventually gave up on the whole project.