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digi7alph0enix
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If I'm not mistaken I think most blacksmith forges run in the range of 1200-1500F which is well short of what you'd need to melt Ti and even iron/steel. I'm sure at that temp you'd be able to manipulate it but as far as any kind of casting I think it's past the normal levels of their equipment. When you start talking about temps over 2000F and needing a vacuum chamber of some kind to keep impurities out you are probably more in the realm of a metallurgist than a blacksmith.ok I know absolutly nothing about this topic, but just wondering if a blacksmith would be a good person to consult with???
I'm no expert but there's a reason that no one copied the Ti frames Oakley was making. It's just plain hard to do. Even the fakes are made of aluminum rather than Ti, which has a much lower melting point. Ti is just a hard material to work with on a small "shop" scale like a business you'd see on main street. Consider metals like silver and gold that have melting points around 1700F and 1900F respectively. A jeweler may be able to melt and repair these metals or even do some small scale casting, but the jump up to the 3000F range that Ti needs isn't a small one and not something you'd be able to do safely without some serious equipment I'd imagine.