Titanium leaf spring

[e_utopia]

How is the spring part of a Titanium liner/integral lock treated to make it a spring? Any good resources on the subject?

--thanks,
JB

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[tom mayo]

If you use 6/4 and you should, it has great memory....no need to do anything to it... use stiff stuff.....045 or thicker...

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[e_utopia]

Yeah, 6/4 is pretty much the standard (there are a few better alloys, but not for the price). How do I get the spring part to stay bent out of the plane of the rest of the titanium slab, so that it catches the tang of the blade? Do I just bend it a lot, and let it spring back (but it will have been deformed, so it won't go all the way back), or what? Also, while I'm at it, how is the little ball-bearing held in (I can think of several ways, but why re-invent the wheel)?

--thanks,
JB

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[Darrel Ralph]

There are several types of titanium that will work for liner locks. Most common is 6al4v
I like it but have found several other types to be tougher for the lock face.


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[Rayhol]

For 1/16 ball use a 1.5mm ( #53) drill, drill the liner-lock material to proper depth so the full diameter of the detent ball will lie just below the surface, place the ball on the hole then drive it home.
Check out Knives Illustrated Oct. 1997