Subject: Re: titanium *sheet* source?

From: [email-masked] (Jonathan M. Elson)
Date: 15 May 1996 05:02:04 GMT

Stephen Gaudio ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hey,

: I'm considering a design which may incorporate titanium sheet, about
: 1/8-1/4" thick. Does such an animal exist in or around the bay area?

You don't say how big a sheet of this material you need.  If it is more
than a few inches on a side, be prepared to bring your money in an armored
car. :)  Well, Titanium is not quite that expensive, but if you've never
bought it before, expect to be shocked!

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From: [email-masked] (Stephen Gaudio)
Date: 16 May 1996 08:56:48 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
>bought it before, expect to be shocked!

yeah, i guess that was a dumb omission. jeez, i just cost the net
hundreds if not thoudsands of dollars!

i'm probably going to need pieces a foot on a side. nothin huge.
below 1/8 is fine, too, down to .032 .

steve

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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 03:26:56 -0700

Anthony EPucillo <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Anyone else with this packrat problem?

My big goal in life is to own an aicraft hangar or some such large
place to store all the junk I would like to collect. Currently space
is limited and it's a real gut-wrencher trying to decide what to keep
and what to chuck. And as always, the stuff you chuck is the stuff you
can use next week :).
Jens

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From: "John R. Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 11:22:39 -0500

I have noticed that people with this packrat tendency, and I am one,
should build a new barn every year or two to store their acquisitions
until they are needed.  My wife insists that I should burn down last
year's barn whenever I build a new one!  Of course I caught her out a
while ago.  She had been after me to throw away some of this junk.  
I was looking at a brass standoff guide that guided the rod on a 
toilet valve so that it lines up when the toilet flushes.  It had been
in the corner of the shop for 8 or 9 years without a need arising.
I compromised with her and, while she watched, threw that standoff into
the trash.  
Two hours later, she complained to me that the toilet in the upstairs
bathroom was running continuously and wasting water.  I went up to look
at it, and LO and BEHOLD, the brass standoff with the guide for the
rod on the flush valve had BROKEN.  This caused the valve to misalign
and leak after a flush.  I gleefully pointed out to her that we had
JUST thrown one of those away!  If she would go down and rummage through
the trash and find that little piece we had declared redundant I could
repair her toilet in no time!  
It is so nice to be proven right once in a while! :-)
John

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From: Anthony EPucillo <[email-masked]>
Date: 17 May 1996 08:08:57 GMT

Well, it's not that bad...   Saw some sheet up to about .05" in sizes up 
to 36" by 36" at the big Sun & Fun airshow in Lakeland, FL last month, 
going for (as I recall) $30 or so a sheet.  Quite a variety, and probably
aviation-manufacturer surplus.  You West Coast guys have a lot more 
access to the aerospace industry, and I bet there's more.  It'll probably 
also  show up at the Partsmart (used airplane parts) at the OshKosh show 
in the summer.
Couldn't figure out what I'd possibly do with it, or how to work it, or 
I'd have bought a bunch.
On the other hand, I have this really neet DC-3 hydraulic actuator about 
3 ft. long, some "oil burner cans" (whatever they are) and bags of 
titanium nuts & bolts I'm sure I'll find a use for ... someday ...I mean 
it... and I have lots of space to store all this stuff, and I won't bring 
anything wlse home until I can use it .. I promise.
Anyone else with this packrat problem?

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From: [email-masked] (Jens)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 15:15:17 -0700

"John R. Johnson" <[email-masked]> wrote:

>until they are needed. 

Yesssssss !!!!!

> If she would go down and rummage through

Packrats - 1
Wifes - 0

Let's hear it for packrats !!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist
Jens