Anyone know where I could buy some titanium tubing? I need some .500 od with .25 id and a foot long peice, for I can make some spacers.
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Titanium tubing?
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This is sorta off topic a bit but it deals with Ti and pricing so I thought I'd chime in.
There's a load of RC trucks around here. Some kids wanted to make a roll bar for their trucks that were cheaper than the local hobby store sold them for. They could do it with steel fine because steel is cheap. Then they wanted lighter (IE Titanium) and found out quick what just even "scraps" from the local metal wherehouse was expensive. Very expensive.
I'd just use Aluminum. It's easier to do everything with vs. Ti
There's a load of RC trucks around here. Some kids wanted to make a roll bar for their trucks that were cheaper than the local hobby store sold them for. They could do it with steel fine because steel is cheap. Then they wanted lighter (IE Titanium) and found out quick what just even "scraps" from the local metal wherehouse was expensive. Very expensive.
I'd just use Aluminum. It's easier to do everything with vs. Ti
Right here for Ti Tubing:Certified Drunk said:
http://www.smallparts.com/products/descriptions/tt.cfm
The problem is the wall thickness is mighty thin - .035 inches.
Oh, that and the price $50+ for a 12 inch section.
Even scrap Ti is very expensive. Last I checked, 1998, it was about $30 a lb. I would only guess it is at least twice that now. My old Ti XC bike is still worth a couple hundred bucks even if I folded it in two.
in possible support of foolish reasons for using titanium, doesn't ti spark when scraped? or is that just magnesium? don't know why you'd want sparking washers......... but you never know. the roll cages would be kinda cool if they sparked though. it would add to the effects of a serious crash for the rc car.
YETI187 said:
Yes it sparks. And it makes really cool white sparks. We used to make pegs out of Ti and plates for the bottom of pedals for people doing grinds. We charged a buttload but they thought it was worth it.
Cert Drunk,
Are you trying to make shock bushings? Those sound like the same dims as the ones I just made.
Are you trying to make shock bushings? Those sound like the same dims as the ones I just made.