How do you bend Titanium sheet metal?

[Kyle_in_Tex]

BTW, the titanium cookie sheet is working great. It is hard to get something to stick to it. I guess I sanded it enough.

Maybe I should market them. High performance cookie sheets. $$$ ka ching

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

If I made another, I would make it with thinner sheet and do what someone (above) mentioned putting about a 60 degree bend on both long edges.

 

[varmint]

From SR 71 Blackbirds to cookie sheets to tractors- is this a great forum or what??!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

From SR 71 Blackbirds to cookie sheets to tractors- is this a great forum or what??!

ain"t it tho'!

 

[MossRoad]

Someone needs to make some SR-71 cookies... better eat them as soon as they come out of the oven because....



they'll be gone fast! :licking:

 

[SimpleyOrange]

Does anyone know how hot?

Anything above 600f using a torch/rosebud will contaminate the Ti.
When welding the entire length of weld must be shielded with Argon till it
Cools to 600f or below to not contaminate the weld.
If not every color that the Ti becomes is a level of contamination.
Straw color is acceptable in my experience when welding for a fabrication shop in times past.
When not done properly it becomes brittle.
FYI.......
The other posts are correct with bend radius but heat will or should allow tighter bends.
As previuos post stated Ti will burn if in shaving/steel wool form Ti is a reactive metal meaning it will ignite
In proper form.
I have witnessed some bad fires with Ti.
Zirconium will do the same, Im not sure about Ti but Zirc is a regulated material,
can or is used in bomb making.
A shop I worked at had some stolen, FBI were quick to show up to investigate.