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Old Oct23-05, 12:09 AM                  #1
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Titanium

I need a sheet of titanium about 2mm thick, 50cmx50cm in area. This may seem an odd request, and it is, but where does one go to buy titanium?
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:20 AM                  #2
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it grows in my back yard... actually.
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:24 AM                  #3
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Originally Posted by Icebreaker
I need a sheet of titanium about 2mm thick, 50cmx50cm in area. This may seem an odd request, and it is, but where does one go to buy titanium?
Can you say E BAY?
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...rclo=&saprchi=
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:32 AM                  #4
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You can buy Titanium on E BAY?
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:33 AM                  #5
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Holy crap, you can actually buy titanium off ebay.
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:36 AM                  #6
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oh my god what else can you buy on ebay.

*searches for plutonium*
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:38 AM       Last edited by Pengwuino; Oct23-05 at 12:40 AM..            #7
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http://search.ebay.com/uranium-ore_W...sPageNameZWLRS

good enough

Found some copper sheeting too...
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:42 AM                  #8
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I believe McMaster-Carr delivers to Canada.

www.mcmaster.com

Type "titanium" into the search box and take it from there.
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:45 AM                  #9
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You guys seem surprised!

Well here's some more interesting stuff:

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Old Oct23-05, 12:45 AM                  #10
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Thanks! I'll look it over.
 
Old Oct23-05, 12:46 AM                  #11
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I like how this guy's picking it up.
 
Old Oct23-05, 07:00 AM                  #12
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i wonder how much http://www.mcmaster.com/ would charge for shipping? for a 24'x24'x0.063' sheet its $240 or$929.50 for strong stuff. thats 0.381mm thinner then 2mm and an extra 11cm longer on length/width

i live in a small manufacturing city so i can drive out to the industrial part and there are businesses who just order metal for you and ship it to your address, there have got to be a bunch of places that do that in Montreal that would be listed in he yellow pages but i have no idea what they would be under besides just 'metal'

what's your project though? from what i hear titanium is vary difficult to work with
 
Old Oct23-05, 09:20 AM                  #13
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2 things: a killer robot and a chesk extensor. And I'm thinking of going with aluminium instead, athough it might not be as strong. The key factor is that it has to be strong and light.
 
Old Oct23-05, 09:26 AM                  #14
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You may have better luck going with a age hardenable alloy of aluminum. It would be easier to work with, especially if you have to weld. I don't think you'd want to learn just how much fun a Ti fire can be first hand. But without knowing your design criteria, it's tough to give good recommendations.

If you're interested, start a thread in the engineering forum.
 
Old Oct23-05, 09:28 AM                  #15
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Originally Posted by devil-fire
i wonder how much http://www.mcmaster.com/ would charge for shipping?
McMaster has a fantastic web site and on-line ordering. If you give them a call, they will tell you in a heartbeat.
 
Old Oct23-05, 09:28 AM                  #16
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There's also : http://www.rti-intl.com/ , which has a fab unit in Montreal, but I'm not sure they take small orders.
 
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