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O.K. guys, I have been debating weather or not to post this because of a past bad experience where I got flamed pretty bad, but what the heck?
Take a look at my latest creation. Just a start, still developing my process, but having promising results:
I know what you might be thinking; "Stupid Laredo, reproducing Timascus (TM)."
I have read the Timascus (TM) patent applicaton and I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that I am not duplicating thier process. Mine is completely different. Thiers is basically a traditional diffusion bonding technique, where mine is not.
In the picture above you can see three distinct colors, gold, blue, and purple-brown which correlate to the three different alloys of titanium that are in the billet. The picture is also magnified. The gold colored layer is really only about 0.020 thick.
I am still having a bit of an issue with getting all the layers in a billet to bond well, but I think I have that figured out and hopefully tomorrow I can give it another go (just waiting on the UPS man).
The main benefits to my method are:
1) I can probably use any titanium alloy I want and bond it to any other titanium alloy or alloys.
2) No special equipment is needed (i.e.; hydraulic press, inert atmosphere, etc.)
3) Relatively low temperatures used during bonding so it is safer to produce.
And no, I am not soldering the layers together.
The billet can be manipulated and forged just like damascus can be.
And no, I am not going to sell it in raw billet form. My main intent of developing this is for making my pens. I have been doing less and less with damascus steel for use in pens because I don't have a good way to protect them from corrosion. Clear coat and powder coat end up delaminating over time and need to be refinished, so hopefully this will work out well. Or else I will need to get my hydraulic press completed and start making SS Damascus.
Let me know what you think, good or bad.
What should I call it? How about Tikume?
TIA
Take a look at my latest creation. Just a start, still developing my process, but having promising results:
I know what you might be thinking; "Stupid Laredo, reproducing Timascus (TM)."
I have read the Timascus (TM) patent applicaton and I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that I am not duplicating thier process. Mine is completely different. Thiers is basically a traditional diffusion bonding technique, where mine is not.
In the picture above you can see three distinct colors, gold, blue, and purple-brown which correlate to the three different alloys of titanium that are in the billet. The picture is also magnified. The gold colored layer is really only about 0.020 thick.
I am still having a bit of an issue with getting all the layers in a billet to bond well, but I think I have that figured out and hopefully tomorrow I can give it another go (just waiting on the UPS man).
The main benefits to my method are:
1) I can probably use any titanium alloy I want and bond it to any other titanium alloy or alloys.
2) No special equipment is needed (i.e.; hydraulic press, inert atmosphere, etc.)
3) Relatively low temperatures used during bonding so it is safer to produce.
And no, I am not soldering the layers together.
The billet can be manipulated and forged just like damascus can be.And no, I am not going to sell it in raw billet form. My main intent of developing this is for making my pens. I have been doing less and less with damascus steel for use in pens because I don't have a good way to protect them from corrosion. Clear coat and powder coat end up delaminating over time and need to be refinished, so hopefully this will work out well. Or else I will need to get my hydraulic press completed and start making SS Damascus.
Let me know what you think, good or bad.
What should I call it? How about Tikume?
TIA
