That is very thin material to try to machine on a shaper. You might have some luck adhering it to a support block. As to the Ti I have nevered machine it so I don't know the tooling requirements other than some grades are difficult.
As to the local machine shops, if things are slow you would think that they would at least quote you a price. It may be an extremely high price but to just pass the job by seems to be odd.
Curiosity is killing the cat here, what is this piece for? If it is flat material why not buy some Ti shim stock? After all 0.025" is a standard thickness. Of course you will need to find a supplier of Ti shim stock
David A Frantz
websterindustro@mac.com
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On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Kerri Duncan <silverforgestudio@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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