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bending titanium 5/32" rod - can I use a torch?
I have a silly project that I need a few kinds of bent-wire pieces
(S-hooks, loops and the like) for. I had some 1/2"-OD ti tubing to use for part of it and the metals place has assorted titanium, so I thought it would be cool to use ti wire for the rest of it. I bought about eight feet of some 5/32" solid round wire (the thinnest they had). Nobody present could say exactly what alloy it was. I got it home and clamped it in a vise with 3/4" left sticking up, and grabbing the free end with a pair of pliers. JEEEESUS CRAP this stuff doesn't want to bend. Can I heat it with an oxy-acetylene torch to do this easier? I know I can't weld it, and I don't need to join it anyway--I just need to bend the wire into round shapes with curves 1-inch diameter. I've not ever played with titanium before.... does it turn a different color when it gets near melting point? If the surface of the wire oxidizes and turns funny colors is okay, I just don't want it to go totally-soft permanently. |
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