Kerri
An alternative would be to glue it to a faceplate and true it up on a lathe or glue it to a true surface and do it on a mill. A final finish could be achieved with emery cloth on a flat plate.
While a surface grinder would work (accepting any fire hazard), AFAIK they are usually used to remove less than 0.001"
JohnW
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Kerri Duncan <silverforgestudio@...> wrote:
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> Hey folks- noob member and long time lurker and reader- getting into the foundry arts to eventually build a shaper and lathe and other tools- but for now am looking for some advice and possibly a bit of outsourcing for a job I have to do (personal project- not for money)
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> Can the shaper be used to surface Ti? I have some Grade V (6Al4V alloy) titanium I am looking to get surface ground to an even .025" (stock piece varies around .032-.040-ish along its length) And I am having a dickens of a time finding a machine shop in the Tidewater VA area willing to surface it... Between fire hazard, not a big enough job to warrant the tooling time (seriously- told that by a guy with one surface grinder who admittedly was hard-up for jobs in the economy right now!) and it being cost-prohibitive for the time into it... seems a bit daunting- Sooooo- alternatives are being explored (the shaper guys and the collective mind on the 'net!)
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> I am aware the stroke length and tool head width are determining factors in the amount of material that can be used- just looking for alternative solutions for this. The parts are liners for a pocket knife series I want to do for Christmas for the guys in my family- so the parts are .750 inches wide and about 2.5 inches long so far...
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> Any thoughts or ideas where to start or have you guys and gurus used a shaper like this? Thanks in advance and I look forward to the thoughts/advice!
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> Kerri
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