Titanium

[Liftoff]

I'm trying to source some armour material for the re-design of my flipper arm from the current 1mm thick Gr5 titanium plate to something thicker.
I've found a piece of Gr5 Ti 400mm by 300mm by 3.5mm thick for £50, does any one know if this is a fair pricel? Have to consider also shipping costs, which I'd estimate around another £20.


Don't know what else I could use - hardox seems impossible to find in small quantities and its quite heavy, other options I was looking at is ground flat stock but its similar in weight to hardox.

[maddox10]

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£50 is a reasonable price for that piece.

Have a look here. Don't faint please

[evristow]

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It is a really good price, even Titanium Joe in the US isn't that cheap.

[Liftoff]

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Ok I'll get my piece first, then I tell you where I got it from :wink:

[Liftoff]

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Titanium plate arrived...this is where i got it from
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281064715648? ... 1423.l2649

[typhoon_driver]

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Lol no surprises there. Ebay is the standard place to go for cheap titanium. How much was shipping?

[Liftoff]

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£13 shipping, Have yet to find a piece of grade 5 titanium of significant thickness and size at a reasonable price off e-bay!

[typhoon_driver]

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You just did. Titanium ain't cheap. Look into how it's manufactured and you'll understand why. Same with alluminium compared to steel.

[Liftoff]

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Yes you're right, I sure did! The thing I don't get abut Ti is its scrap value - on the island you'd get nothing for it, unlike steel, aluminium, brass or copper. Is it the same over there?

[maddox10]

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Same over here.
But that's more because titanium scrap/swarf is so rare, there ain't a reasonable recycling circuit for it.

[Eventorizon]

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Hijack...

Would swapping Annealed 2mm Grade 2 Titanium for 1.2mm TA10/Ti64 work as top armour? It apparently has poor shear strength and surface wear properties but has higher Ultimate/Yield tensile strength by about 250%.

Data from here...

TA10: http://asm.matweb.com/search/Specifi...bassnum=MTP641

Ti2: http://www.titaniumdistributor.com/t...-annealed.html

[Liftoff]

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I'd go with the 1.2mm grade5 Ti
Grade2 is just pure Ti, with similar tensile strength to mild steel, where as grade5 Ti is nearer to hardox or similar steel.
I got 1.2mm gr5 Ti on mine, for normal combat its more than enough, but it also depends on the angle you place your armour at

[Eventorizon]

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I will go with the Grade 5 then. Unfortunately its flat on the top of the machine. I am trying to keep the same style as in Conkers 1 & 2 with the flat edges and sloped core section. The sides are 10mm 7075 and 2mm Ti 2 so no probs there, its just the top I worry about with the new axes coming in. Could also do with a 2mm Grade 6 plate for the base as atm it 2mm grade 2 but thats for later.

[firefly1]

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i would love to get some titanium for that price thinking about building a feather weight

[Liftoff]

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Well you could always check on that seller, she had more sheets in various thickness, sizes and grades. Try to keep the weight below 2 kg as otherwise the shipping will more than double!

One thing I get curious about is how you guys use hardox on featherweights and manage to stay within the weight limit...I'm finding it really hard to do so!!