Framelock question

Gody

Gody

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I´m thinking of trying out a few framelocks and I have some .160 titanium that I´d like to use. The problem is that this is grade 2 ti, not 6al4v, and I believe it is too soft to be used as a lockface, but i seems to be a good enough spring. My question is if you think it would work, if I use a bolt-on, replaceable steel lockface, like I´ve seen some other makers use? If so, what hardness should I aim for on the lockface?

Thanks

Brian
 
Have you tried hardening the lock face by simply heating a trial piece to red, and just leting it cool? If its 6242 it will work as good as the 6AL4V Frank
 
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Also Im not sure how much of this Ti. you have but you should be able to carberize the lock face to harden it up.As for your other question If I where to use a steel lock face on the Ti. lock bar I would think you would want to make it the same hardness as the blade so one lock face does not wear faster then the other.

Brett
 
@ Frank,

I don´t know why I did not think of that. I´ve had some pieces of this material lasercut, and that did produce a hardened zone in some (but not all) places. It´s worth trying out on a scrap piece. Thanks.

@ Brett,

Carbidizing is a good idea, but I dont have a carbidizer right now. Making the steel insert the same hardness as the blade would be easy. Just make it from the same steel as the blade, and have them hardened together. Thanks for the input.

Brian
 
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