metal weights

[Leslie W Bartlett]

Thanks- guess I'd better get to know a machinist.......   My Jan 2001
issue is "somewhere" in the house. Where, I don't know................  
I'll see a copy, though, tomorrow of the article.
les bartlett
houston

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:48:59 -0500 Charles E Faulk <cfaulk2@juno.com>
writes:
> 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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