metal weights

[Charles E Faulk]

Les,

I'm sorry, it's the June 2001 issue. Good luck on your tuning hammer
experiments. I think it's the best way to learn about the mechanics of
tuning.

Charles Faulk

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 18:44:42 -0500 Leslie W Bartlett <lesbart1@juno.com>
writes:
> 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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