Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Also the scrapping of Russian attack subs is lowering the price of the metal.There are even Titanium crowbars being offered for sale. simon jessurun - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Painter" <dennis@hale-pohaku.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: LUG metallurgist > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > Dennis > > > > Only a few of the Ti alloys are superplastic, but you will find that > > the tooling required makes it prohibitively too expensive for camera > > use. Best to save it for aerospace materials (and race cars, of course). > > > > Jerry > > Yes, but ever notice what was prohibitive yesterday is feasible tomorrow. > > Bests, > Dennis > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html