Frosty Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I don't know anything about the alloy. We spun a LOT of Ti in Dad's shop and some of the rocket engine alloys wouldn't move at high yellow heat. I was WAY familiar with the heat, I was torch holder on a lot of hot spinning. Some Ti was/is really sensitive to temp, too cool and it's like spinning concrete, a little too hot and it orange peels, the surface gets a pebbly texture which tends to texture the rolling tool. Push it just a little hotter and some alloys just come apart.A lot of alloys didn't seem to care what temp you spun them, they behaved well and didn't oxidize or fall apart.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 6al4v is to titanium what 6061 T6 is to aluminum. This titanium alloy has aluminum, and vanadium added, and is called a class 5 alloy. Here are some deets on this alloy. http://cartech.ides.com/datasheet.aspx?i=101&E=269 The piece I played with worked really nice at a yellow heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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