[TheForge] titanium

[Andy Vida]

"terry l. ridder" wrote:
> 
> hello;
> 
> i was chatting with a friend on the internet last night and he
> mentioned that he has roughly 12 pounds of titanium and that he was
> wondering what he could do with it. the titanium is from blown racing
> engines; connecting rods, valves, valve spring retainers, etc.

	Since these are all alloys, the forging can be something
	of miserable and there are safety concerns due to the
	vanadium content.