Lyon
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I am working on a folding knife with a titanium liner. I was doing the final fit of the lock bar and some how it is now too deep on the lock face. (This is my first time doing this BTW) I am pretty sure that the voltage I was using to carbidize the lock bar was too high (25V) and I ate away the face a little bit.
I am using my home made titanium anodizer to Carbidize the lock bar. From the reading I have done I should be able to build up the lock bar surface a little bit. I have done a fair bit of experimenting but I can't get it to work. I am using a 5 amp variac power supply converted over to DC. The carbide end mill is mounted in a dremel engraver. The positive lead is on the carbide end mill. I have tried voltage's from 13 - 40v.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am working on a folding knife with a titanium liner. I was doing the final fit of the lock bar and some how it is now too deep on the lock face. (This is my first time doing this BTW) I am pretty sure that the voltage I was using to carbidize the lock bar was too high (25V) and I ate away the face a little bit.
I am using my home made titanium anodizer to Carbidize the lock bar. From the reading I have done I should be able to build up the lock bar surface a little bit. I have done a fair bit of experimenting but I can't get it to work. I am using a 5 amp variac power supply converted over to DC. The carbide end mill is mounted in a dremel engraver. The positive lead is on the carbide end mill. I have tried voltage's from 13 - 40v.
Any help is greatly appreciated.