has anyone even attempted this yet? lol a really good friend of mines father works for a tungsten company and can get stuff free. i heard its almost one of the strongest metals out. juat curious if its even worth it and how u think it would scrape.. i know its gonna be a ***** to cut

 

never heard of it, but sounds interesting.

what are REGULAR scrape plates made of? stainless steel?

 

more like steel stock its just **** metal welded on to a flat that scrapes away even to that the bike pics its own scraping point aka your bar will never just drag flat once you flatten it you'll be able to park the bike on the bar easy. tungsen sounds cool dont know much about it. you'd need a fat chunk and that would prob cost $$$$

 

ahh i see

i've been wantin to get some titanium or magnesium (not sure which throws out better sparks) but i heard that ****'s expensive.

 

titanium = bright white sparks

magnesium = bright greenish sparks


... i have alot of friends with bagged trucks... you pick up random info like this

 

iight, good to know...do u by anychance know a good place to get it for cheap?

 

titanium scrapes alot rougher than regular steel i heard

 

im sure any local machine shop or metal shop would have a scrap bin they'd let you rummage through

thats where my friends get there scrape blocks from

 

I never would have thought to try Tungston for that purpose but here is some general info on pure tungston! I have used many tungston carbide tool in machining and it is very brittle!

BECAUSE, TUNGSTON, IS VERY HARD AND HEAT RESISTANT,THE MAJOR USE, OF TUNGSTON, IS IN LIGHT FILAMENTS,

AND HIGH SPEED, CUTTING TOOLS.
TUNGSTON IS NOT USED, AS AN ALLOY COMPONENT, IN SHEET STEEL OR LIGHT STEEL STRUCTURAL SECTIONS BECAUSE, IT DOES NOT, WELD AT ALL.

TUNGSTON IS NOT ABLE, TO BE PUNCH PRESSED, OR DRILLED, WITH NORMAL, HIGH SPEED, DRILL POINTS.

TUNGSTON, CANNOT BE CUT WITHOUT, SPECIAL METAL CUTTING SAWS OR TORCHES TUNGSTON, DOES NOT BEND IN A SHEET METAL PRESS, WITHOUT CRACKING

 

Damn ^^^

sounds like some HARD - *** - ****!

 

www.stuntsteel.com

ti plates for 12 bars $80

 

if the pates are not drilled and tapped... dont buy them... it is going to cost you more then 80 bucks to get them drilled and tapped

 

Doesn't Magnesium catch fire really easily?

 

You can do all that at home super EASY!!!!

yes

 

[QUOTE=FrankieG;3095549]You can do all that at home super EASY!

you need a thungston drill bit and tap.... probly 200$ in bits

 

[QUOTE=Trick;3095561]diamond bits will go through anything as well as carbide...but the tungston is not really what i was referring to....i think that the tungston is useless for us! but Yes the tungston tools are cash!!!! fo sho

 

[QUOTE=FrankieG;3095570]most people dont have any carbide drills laying around. the smallest solid carbide drill from my work is like $170

 

magnesium in a solid does not.

the shavings do and water makes it explode!!!

 

you can drill and tap ti easily, just take your time and keep it cool with lots of cutting oil and a slow drill speed.

TI gets harder every time it is heated.... EVERY TIME!

 

Titanium is the ideal material for a scrape plate if your looking for something that will through more and brighter sparks and last longer.....

Magnesium and Tungsten are not ideal and I wouldnt use either of them...Like mentioned Tungsten is brittle, and nobody mentioned but Mag is very sensitve to the elements and needs to be painted....If any bare Mag is exposed it will corrode very fast, and once it start to corrde it also becomes very brittle....

Bottom line Ti is what you want....