Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Annoying Newbie Questions

Greg Nuspel wrote:

> Erik,
>
> We cut allot of inconel and titanium at work. Inconel is hard on tools and
> hard to work with. Titanium isn't near as bad depending on grade I watched
> some cutting of Beta grade 4 titanium and it didn't look nice. Fun part is
> taking the fine cuttings and lighting them on fire.

Yeh...military uses Ti for flares.....Think about having 100% "oxidizer" rather than just 20%. i.e. Ti goes to TiN and Ti02.

>
>
> Don't give up, but you are taking on a big project. I think there is a
> fellow in Saskatchewan who has done this, made a wonderful model of a
> Snowbird. I could be wrong on his location but if you check some of the back
> issues of the rc model magazines you may find the article on his plane.
>

Thinking about the small size of the components Erik wants to make maybe EDM or ECM would be a way to go. ????????

Dave