flamability of titanium shouldn t be a problem
i ran parts before that we run a 5/8 -11 tap ,normally most of the order was ss and some were titanium , we used the same prog but we had to slow down the speeds and feeds for the titanium parts,on one particular order i forgot to slow the 5/8 tap speed from 550 rpm to 400 ,the tap was glowing orange when it came out of the part and it lit the cutting oil in flames ,air nozzle save my butt , no titanium set fire and there was a lot of chip in that machine ,
the threaded hole was so hard it was near impossible to deburr , noone will ever strip that baby |