metal weights

[Charles E Faulk]

In layman's terms titanium is about 30% lighter than stainless steel. I
did a lot of research on titanium vs stainless about 18 months ago. You
might read my article in the June 2001 Journal. I found titanium to be an
excellent medium for a tuning lever shaft, light but rigid enough to turn
even tight pins.

As far as machining steel or titanium, I found a local machinist who was
willing to do the tapering and threading for me. We developed a good
working relationship, and now I don't have to go into a long explanation
about tuning hammers with him every time I appear at his doorstep. He
probably cringes whenever I show up with a dozen titanium bars or so. The
stuff does not machine like steel. It's sort of "slippery" (the best word
I can find) and tends to dull cutting tools rather fast.


Charles Faulk RPT

Manhattan,KS

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:23:07 -0700 (PDT) baoli liu <baoli_liu@yahoo.com>
writes:
> 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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