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We are after 10-12 Ti welding rods to weld together one of our new machines.
The company that we have approached to do the job say that the cost of a pack of rods is £190. What would you expect to get for that amount of money?
Does anyone know good companies to get them from or has any spare they are willing to sell?
The code stamped on each sheet is: Ti2 HT 2008-182, if that is of any use.
Alex
http://www.titanium.com
they used to sponsor me, before the management changed hands... they used to supply me with welding rods for free and all the titanium billets and sheets i could fit in my boot, not bought any in ages, but after the management changed i think i paid £1 a rod.
Unit 38 Elmdon Trading Estate,
Bickenhill Lane, Marston Green
Birmingham B37 7HE
Call: (+44) (0) 121 782 9708
Fax:(+44) (0) 121 782 9705
Craig Simpson, Managing Director Europe
E-Mail: csimpson@titanium.com
not been on there website in years.... just been on it to find that information, not only has the manager changed, but also the location and the website... if they charge to much try Timet.... but they can be difficult to deal with.
failing that..... just cut some real thin strips of the edge of the sheet your using as armour and use that as your filler material :P
Sounds about right. You can generally buy them by the rod on ebay (where I get mine)
I wouldn't buy a pack unless you are going to be welding a heck of a lot of material
We use 2mm sheet cut to 2mm wide strips. This works well.
Would these work?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-x-1mm-Tit ... 47fef#shId
If your welding grade 2 they'll be fine.
Yep its Grade 2. Thats almost a third of what the company we ask to do the welding would have charged us, then again it is ebay...
Thanks for the help guys :)
Who's going to weld it?
Ti ain't difficult , but has a few quirks.
Its a professional company local to us, Tadweld in Tadcaster to be precise.
I uses 1.2mm sheet of ti cut into thin strips too. This does indeed work very well.
surely just let them do it then they should have rods ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eventorizon
Why not just buy 12 individual rods from eBay rather than buying a hundred?
The company is doing the welding but they also gave us the option of using their rod or buying in our own. As it his a custom job we have to buy a whole pack of their rods which is £190 for 100. So is the ebay ones are suitable then that saves us about £100.
And we will be doing more in the future with new machines, repairs, upgrades thats why it seems sensible to get them in bulk