metal weights

[baoli liu]

Hello Leslie,

There is an article about titanium tuning hammer on
Jan. 2001 Jornal,you probably already read it.

The weight of steel is about 7.8 kilograms each cubic
centimeter.
that's about  36 pounds each cubic inches IF I did the
right caculation.

Baoli


--- Leslie W Bartlett <lesbart1@juno.com> wrote:
> Is anyone aware of the relative weights, to each
> other, of stainless
> steel and titanium?  I have made two tuning hammers
> by having a 1/2 inch
> stainless bar welded on the hexagonal shaft from
> suppliers, then grinding
> a good bit of the stainless down to eliminate
> weight.  They're still a
> bit heavy for my liking, but I like very much the
> way they feel. If I
> could get the same rigidity with a lighter metal it
> would be
> hammer-heaven.................    Would also need to
> know where one could
> get such a bar threaded.  
> 	
> thanks
> les bartlett
> houston
> 
>
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