Titanium VS. Aluminum

[Geof]

Thank you for the link Ken; it has assuaged my hurt feelings.

[Ken_Shea]

My pleasure Geof, but you don't need to use vulgar language

[DrasticSports]

It seems there is a huge range in Carbon Fiber strength. I saw this link and if I am reading it right, it says the tensile strength is 421,000 which is way stronger then titanium.

(I am not a machinist, but I do put work requests out on this forum so I need to know more about what I am asking for)

I greatly appreciate your help.

Originally Posted by Ken_Shea With Carbon Fiber you will need to know what kind, as it ranges from 80psi to hundreds of thousands PSI, Here is a useful link where I find my materials specs. http://www.matweb.com/index.asp?ckck=1

[Ken_Shea]

Yes and Yes

It is bad to the bone strong stuff, I guess it machines easily enough but have read where it is very dirty and tough on cutters. Have never machined any personally. I too would be interested in others experience in machining it, where it can be purchased and the cost.

[Geof]

Here is a link for some information on carbon fiber composites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphit...forced_plastic