[Spridgets] Titanium - working with it - could be LBC content

[Ron Soave]

We stopped doing Ti years ago. Make a pass, throw out the tool.

I damn near
fired an engineer the other day for putting an Inconel butterfly in a
stainless valve design because "the butterfly is off the shelf, and stainless
would have required a new program." Inconel is another where you make the
part, scrap the cutter. Kids today don't understand that the cost of writing
the new CNC program pays for itself first pass. Wait...he's 61 years old...
Ron

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com>
wrote:
> Hi List,
>  
> I want to cut some 1/4 Titanium plate with an 
>
ordinary hack saw and drill 
> it ok with a variable speed drill and cobalt 
bit
> followed by tapping the 
> holes.  Apparently this not be  easy!  So
>
anyone work with Ti ona regular 
> basis that might want a  small job?
>  
>
Regards
>  
> Weslake-Monza 1330