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Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« on: 21 July 2015, 13:31:08 »

Mate has an old titanium bike exhaust silencer he has stripped to leave a simple cone shape. This he wants to cut up to make heat shields for the new exhaust that replaces it.

It's curbed in shape and obviously tricky to hold. Plasma hand heald torch to the rescue. But will it spark like a barsuard and burn me garage to the ground? ;D

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Re: Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« Reply #1 on: 21 July 2015, 13:48:26 »

Make sure the gas canisters are not leaking first ::)
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Re: Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« Reply #2 on: 21 July 2015, 15:16:04 »

Disc cutter, fine disc..
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Re: Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« Reply #3 on: 22 July 2015, 01:37:54 »

i think maybe you're thinking of magnesium.  titanium will be fine with a plasma. as biggriffen says disc cutter might be easier, certainly less set up.
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Re: Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« Reply #4 on: 22 July 2015, 18:55:59 »

i think maybe you're thinking of magnesium.  titanium will be fine with a plasma. as biggriffen says disc cutter might be easier, certainly less set up.
Plus it will be a much neater cut
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Re: Plasma cutting titanium sheet.
« Reply #5 on: 22 July 2015, 21:12:24 »

i think maybe you're thinking of magnesium.  titanium will be fine with a plasma. as biggriffen says disc cutter might be easier, certainly less set up.
Plus it will be a much neater cut
But a lot less fun :-X ::)
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