 OT: Titanium Billet, how much? |
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| McMark |
 Dec 26 2005, 05:57 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None  |
How much would a 6x6x8 billet of Titanium cost? Anyone know?
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| scotty b |
Dec 26 2005, 06:02 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
Lowe's has it, in the bolt / metal isle for $20.00 they usually have a good stock of it. Good luck (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
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| TimT |
Dec 26 2005, 06:05 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
1x3x12 costs $212 for Grade 4 (40KSI-YS) and 521 for grade 5 (6AL-4V)
You can kind of extrapolate from there |
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| TimT |
Dec 26 2005, 06:06 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
Oh and then machining it opens up all sorts of hidden costs (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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| Andyrew |
Dec 26 2005, 06:10 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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Ft or inches? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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| Mark Henry |
Dec 26 2005, 06:14 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
If it's in metric maybe he's not going....DOH! |
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| Katmanken |
Dec 26 2005, 06:16 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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| LvSteveH |
Dec 26 2005, 06:17 PM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
There are a couple places online that carry it, sorry, I don't recall who. You can try www.metalspecialty.com at 1-800-345-3140 or others. Depending on the grade of Ti, I'm guessing $500+. You'll want to research the various alloys, because pure titanium doesn't offer any real advantage to billet aluminum. It's the various alloys that make it the metal of choice for high end projects. It's a challenge to work with in terms of machining and welding, but you probably already know that. You might try calling Timet directly, to see if they can refer you, that’s what I did last time. For welding, I’d get one of the cheap bead blast cabinets from harbor freight, and turn it into an argon chamber. Sounds fun!
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| McMark |
Dec 26 2005, 06:22 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Ahhh. Yeah. I figured, but, ya know. Gotta ask. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pinch.gif)
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| sixnotfour |
Dec 26 2005, 07:17 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,431 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Onlinemetals.com 100bucks a pound and a piece that size is rare |
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| J P Stein |
Dec 26 2005, 07:47 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
We have a 5000 lb forging at work from the Ruuskis....
96K.....shipping alone would have got you a used Boxster. We'll mill it down to 800 lbs. It's some new trick alloy. *Nobody* else wanted the job. We gotta segragate the scrap & ship it back. Ain't we "lucky". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) |
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| TravisNeff |
Dec 26 2005, 08:54 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region
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sounds like it is one level under unobtainium, lol
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| J P Stein |
Dec 27 2005, 07:31 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
The whole freakin' airplane is made out of various forms of unobtainium. If you know of a manufacture that makes CF mat, buy their stock. Scarebus & the Lazy B are tying up most all of the supplies. We've got more than 300 of these sold....we haven't got any built yet......but that's not important now (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) Anything touching CF structure & must be made of Ti.
Since most all of the structure is CF...... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) |
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| DNHunt |
Dec 27 2005, 07:43 AM
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914 Wizard? No way. I got too much to learn. Group: Members Posts: 4,099 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 598 |
This is a little off topic, but we use titanium pins in teeth. They are self tapping, threaded pins that shear at a score when they bottom in the pilot hole. They are something like 1/2 mm in diameter and 4 mm long. Oh ya they make a cool liight show in peoples mouths when you hit them with a diamond drill. We don't tell people about that.
Titanium implants are cool too. Dave |
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| airsix |
Dec 27 2005, 11:41 AM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
Try Halpern Titanium. Family run and good pricing. Nice people to deal with. I get my 6AL/4VA sheet from them.
-Ben M. |
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