Looking for advice on cutters for titanium folding knife handles.
I can cut and profile with my bandsaw and grinders. I'm trying to make a pattern on the handles.
I started with 1/8 inch thick aluminum just to fix the pattern I like.
I'm using a fixture that fits into one of my r8 spindles on my pm45 mill.
This fixture is an adjustable circle cutter. With a 1/4 inch tool steel lathe cutter I cut small interlocking
circles in the aluminum handle, makes for a good grip and looks nice.
Now for the hard part, tool steel will not cut the titanium, and carbide just scratches the surface. Any 1/4 inch
lathe tool will fit into this fixture............any suggestions?
Kevin.
ps, my theory here is to anodize the whole handle, then sand the flat, anodize again at a lower voltage, that way the 'circle cuts'
will be a different color than the flats.
I can cut and profile with my bandsaw and grinders. I'm trying to make a pattern on the handles.
I started with 1/8 inch thick aluminum just to fix the pattern I like.
I'm using a fixture that fits into one of my r8 spindles on my pm45 mill.
This fixture is an adjustable circle cutter. With a 1/4 inch tool steel lathe cutter I cut small interlocking
circles in the aluminum handle, makes for a good grip and looks nice.
Now for the hard part, tool steel will not cut the titanium, and carbide just scratches the surface. Any 1/4 inch
lathe tool will fit into this fixture............any suggestions?
Kevin.
ps, my theory here is to anodize the whole handle, then sand the flat, anodize again at a lower voltage, that way the 'circle cuts'
will be a different color than the flats.