Cutting/ Drilling Titanium

[james...venom]

as long as you keep ali clean, file the edges before you weld it goes fine.

[grant_ploughbot]

The same as titanium really, i think if you have a good tig welder and can do a good clean weld on steel, titanium is no different.

[kane]

Titanium needs lots of Argon and shouldnt weld for too long. But it welds very nicely. Easier than Ali by a long way.

[xtreme]

Old thread but i thought id drag it up rather than create a new one. What are the best drill bits to use? I have seen HSS recomended but is there any better? cost isnt too much of a prob for this. also countersinking, what countersink bits would you use? Cheers

[typhoon_driver]

Use HSS.

I have tried both HSS and cobalt drill bits on titanium and whilst the cobalt are better on very hard materials such as hardox they just get very hot and blunted on titanium. USE PLENTY OF COOLANT TOO!