Re: [gingery_machines] Use for a shaper and question about surfacing

I would not use a shaper for this, buy shim stock or find a shop with a
roller, not the triple rollers, but the double rollers for thinning out
stock, that would be the best and really only good way to do it.

for your application why would it matter about the thickness? it is
inside a sheath, who cares if it is .032 or .042 or even .025, whats the
difference? I fail to see why you need to thin it out, or even it out,
can you explain why it would matter?

thanks
Stan

Kerri Duncan 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)
>
> 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!)
>
> 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...
>
> 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!
>
> Kerri
>
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>
>

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