The soft titanium loads up the gringing wheel, much like aluminum or brass will.
Clarification: titanium barstock is supplied in an "annealed" condition, which means it is relatively soft and able to be machined. Annealed titanium bends quite readily. It can then be heat treated to a harder condition, as I'm sure the Charge scales are. John, will you be working with raw titanium barstock? Or is it pieces of titanium scavenged from other finished products?
Quote from: J-sews on January 28, 2009, 06:09:24 PMClarification: titanium barstock is supplied in an "annealed" condition, which means it is relatively soft and able to be machined. Annealed titanium bends quite readily. It can then be heat treated to a harder condition, as I'm sure the Charge scales are. John, will you be working with raw titanium barstock? Or is it pieces of titanium scavenged from other finished products?Can any titanium be heat treated or is it just certain alloys?
Regarding the polishing to a mirror finish, what's the best way of going about that?I have a Ti to play with with a hand brushed finish from me removing an ugly anodising job. Have dremel, will play! Should I try a polishing felt and some jewellers rouge?