The piece thats left is about 2" x 4" by 4.5". I'm not sure how I'd even hang on to it to get it in and out of the forge, never mind whacking away at it with a hot cut until shearing through it. A pair of tongs would be cool though, that's for sure!

Edited October 1, 200817 yr by Farmer Phil

Yes Phil, lots of experience cutting Titanium, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium, Aircraft-Aluminum, Magnesium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Tool-steel, Stainless, etc.

Over in the Forge Shop, they would take scrap titanium and Forge some really fine 3-foot-long "Jimmy" or Pry-Bars for us to use in stacking billets and moving bars and rounds on the rolling-tables that fed the saws.

Titanium really puts out bright, white light from the sparks when cut with an abrasive saw, and it forms a tan oxide when removed from the furnace to cool.

Was wondering if you or anyone would know where might be a good source of titanium-scrap, that could be purchased by the general public?

I would really like to forge one of those light-weight jimmy-bars of my own some day.

I'm not sure how I'd even hang on to it to get it in and out of the forge, never mind whacking away at it with a hot cut until shearing through it.

Why you make some tongs of course! ;)

Some tongs and a nice handled, wide hot cut.. Then go to town!

Do you have access to a plasma cutter?

Ha, I might try the tong wresting of titanium in the forge yet. Don't know of anyone with a plasma cutter, off hand. A while back there was a fella selling Ti to members of the bladeforums. There are quite a few folks selling the stuff on eBay.

Thanks Phil. I'll check that out.