Re: [ATM] Resource for thin Titanium strips

[GARY FUCHS <gary@rcn.com>]

Art,

Are there any special, relevant considerations for working 
with titanium? For instance, can it be cut, drilled, and 
filed like more common metals?

Thanks,

Gary


---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:52:17 -0500
>From: artbianconi@blast.net  
>Subject: [ATM] Resource for thin Titanium strips  
>To: "matt" <mariusrf@bellsouth.net>
>Cc: Atm@atmlist.net
>
>Thanks Matt. This helps a great deal!
>
>Art
>
>> Online Metals sells Titanium sheet in 0.020" thickness 
which is
>> just right . You get 4 custom cuts for free per purchase, 
which 
>is
>> good , since I wouldn't want to cut Titanium especially 
when it
>> can be done free by the supplier. 20mils ( 0.5mm) is not 
too 
>thin
>> to become a dangerous blade in the dark, but thin enough to
>> minimize diffraction . Several people using spiders this 
thin
>> reported not noticing diffraction spikes at all .
>> 
>> best regards,
>> matt tudor
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jerry B. Hillman <JBHillman@ev1.net>
>> To: artbianconi@blast.net <artbianconi@blast.net>; Guy 
>Brandenburg
>> <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com> Cc: Atm@atmlist.net 
<Atm@atmlist.net>
>> Date: Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [ATM] 
Re: 
>ATM
>> Digest, Vol 11, Issue 10
>> 
>> 
>> >Right.  .0007" ribbon, stretched tight.  Would make a 
good 
>scapel
>> >but I don't think I want it where I might brush against 
it in 
>the
>> >dark, or otherwise. Clear skies, Jerry

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