Pauly35or00 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Ghostender said: Just mill it out of a solid billet and there won't be any welding issues I would genuinely be curious how much this would cost. Would be awesome to watch that mill work in action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 @Ghostender + @Pauly35or00 - wouldn’t make any sense. You’d start with a giant block of Ti and widdle it to nothing. It would take a true 5X tool path, tiny expensive cutting tools, and insane amount of programming... 3D printing could be feasible on a small scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostender Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Hmmm - OK - it was meant to be a joke - I do have a slight bit of familiarity with machining processes. In seriousness, I don't know if you could 3D print with Ti, (I have heard of people doing "additive manufacturing" with nickel as a filler) or even if you could if you would get the desired impact strength. - Wire is typically anisotropic due to strain hardening during the fabrication process so is probably stiffer than stock Ti. If you were doing production, you could probably mill or waterjet cut a "development" of the cage out of a sheet of desired thickness (with a secondary rounding over process using a coved milling cutter) and then press it between a male and female die (allowing for springback etc). That would eliminate the welding process completely (just thinking out loud) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Warwick and Coveted both sell Ti cages that SHOULD be high quality. They both said their various offerings are compatible with other helmets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanG Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 4 hours ago, TheGoalNet said: Warwick and Coveted both sell Ti cages that SHOULD be high quality. They both said their various offerings are compatible with other helmets Coveted has their 961 inspired masks so maybe that would fit the VTX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 @TitanG exactly. Once I’m done with my “stock” review I might dive in deeper and pull the trigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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