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  • #16
    I played around with heating some Ti yesterday to get the desired colors, its not easy and certainly not easy to stop at a desired color and have the whole piece be that color.

    What I started with....


    Loaded it on the lathe and started it up and applied heat. You can see the end is cherry red hot and the first rib has changed to gold.



    Some of the color variations...



    What I finished at was kind of a dark green. I wanted the lighter lime green but that color went by so fast I couldnt even cool it down fast enough to get it to stop on that color once it hit it.



    Basically what I need it the consistency of doing this with electricity so I can dial in the color that I want.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by inline 6 View Post
      I played around with heating some Ti yesterday to get the desired colors, its not easy and certainly not easy to stop at a desired color and have the whole piece be that color.

      What I started with....


      Loaded it on the lathe and started it up and applied heat. You can see the end is cherry red hot and the first rib has changed to gold.



      Some of the color variations...



      What I finished at was kind of a dark green. I wanted the lighter lime green but that color went by so fast I couldnt even cool it down fast enough to get it to stop on that color once it hit it.



      Basically what I need it the consistency of doing this with electricity so I can dial in the color that I want.

      I wonder if you're altering the material properties of the titanium with the heat.
      Men have become the tools of their tools.
      -Henry David Thoreau

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      • #18
        Also, as I understand it, 2-25 would mean variable between 2 and 25 volts.
        Men have become the tools of their tools.
        -Henry David Thoreau

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        • #19
          Originally posted by BERNIE MOSFET View Post
          I wonder if you're altering the material properties of the titanium with the heat.
          Oh I'm sure of it, these pieces are just for looks though. Ti gets work hardened when you heat it like that and becomes a bitch to machine. Sometimes it happens to me when my tools start to get dull. I really want to get setup to do this. There isnt a huge expense to get going even with off the shelf stuff.

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          • #20
            are you building.....a vape mod?

            "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
            "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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            • #21
              Originally posted by CJ View Post
              are you building.....a vape mod?

              It could work...

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              • #22
                Originally posted by CJ View Post
                are you building.....a vape mod?

                Oh please, I don't suck on cancer sticks or any synthetic form of it.

                High dollar tritium key chains ninja...

                Last edited by inline 6; 08-29-2014, 08:39 AM.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by inline 6 View Post
                  Ok what is 2-25 mean specifically. I have not seen the rating before with a 2- or the 5- in front of it.
                  2 volts dc to 25 volts dc adjustable with a potentiometer.
                  The first rating is under the 120 volt connection

                  the second rating is 5 volts to 50 volts dc adjustable with the power supply connected for 220 volts
                  Don't worry about what you can't change.
                  Do the best you can with what you have.
                  Be honest, even if it hurts.

                  "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston Churchill

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                  • #24
                    Ahh, gotcha now. I need a minimum of 120

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                    • #25
                      nah

                      Originally posted by CJ View Post
                      are you building.....a vape mod?

                      that's a light saber handle
                      Don't worry about what you can't change.
                      Do the best you can with what you have.
                      Be honest, even if it hurts.

                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston Churchill

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                      • #26
                        nice, tritium keychains are pretty slick. Never owned one, but I have enough tritium around here to make one I'm sure.
                        "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
                        "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by inline 6 View Post
                          Oh please, I don't suck on cancer sticks or any synthetic form of it.

                          High dollar tritium key chains ninja...

                          That's badass! You going to sell them?
                          Originally posted by Jester
                          Every time you see the fucking guy....show him your fucking dick.. Just whip out your hawg and wiggle it in his direction, put it away, call him a fuckin meatgazer, shoot him the bird and go inside.
                          He will spend the rest of the day wondering if he is gay.
                          Originally posted by Denny
                          What the fuck ever, you fucking fragile faggot.
                          FORGTN SOLD1ER - xbox gamer

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                          • #28
                            I already do, I have sold at least a hundred of them total.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by inline 6 View Post
                              I already do, I have sold at least a hundred of them total.
                              ebay or what?
                              Originally posted by Jester
                              Every time you see the fucking guy....show him your fucking dick.. Just whip out your hawg and wiggle it in his direction, put it away, call him a fuckin meatgazer, shoot him the bird and go inside.
                              He will spend the rest of the day wondering if he is gay.
                              Originally posted by Denny
                              What the fuck ever, you fucking fragile faggot.
                              FORGTN SOLD1ER - xbox gamer

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                              • #30
                                No, ebay is funny about the tritium. It's mainly word of mouth and a website dedicated to flashlights and other gizmos.

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