Titanium Sheet Metal Sources?

[Kyle]

Can anybody recommend a good vendor for titanium sheet metal for MYOG projects? I haven’t had a ton of luck on ebay, and Dutch is out of stock. The obvious choice used to be Ti Goat, but it is unclear to me if they are still doing business (understandably so) on account of DJ’s unfortunate passing.

Thanks,
-K

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

What size do you need?

[Kyle]

Hey Jon,

I’m looking for 6″-8″ width, a few feet in length, and .005-.008″ thick.  What thickness would you recommend for a 0.9L pot stand / wind screen? Also, very cool products!

-K

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

PM me.  I have CP Grade 2 0.005″ Titanium in 12″ width as well as some 304 Full Hard 0.003″ Stainless 10″ width

Jon

[David Gardner]

It seems Ti Goat is out of business, yes? Googled them but no hit on their website. See some Ti sheet and foil on eBay. Any recommendations for a reliable source?

[David Gardner]

Anyone have experience with any of the following?

https://www.liteoutdoors.com/product/titanium-foil/

https://dutchwaregear.com/product/titanium-sheet/

http://www.goodfellow.com/E/Titanium-Foil.html

https://espimetals.com/shop/titanium-foil-005-4n.html

[Roger Caffin]

Most of them are retailing stuff from a metals supplier, so they are going to be 50% – 100% more expensive. However, if you only want a little bit, that might be below the minimum order quantity for a metals supplier.

Right now ebay seems to be ‘not an option’ due to the total collapse of the air freight system. It used to travel on the passenger flights, which have stopped.

Cheers

[Chris R]

I have bought Ti from LiteOutdoors and received good service. Same goes for folk I know of across Canada. Have bought other stuff but not Ti from Dutch. Good service from him too.

[Shane S.]

McMasterr-Carr

Titanium Joe

[Iago Vazquez]

Dutch’s customer service is fantastic. Can’t speak for Ti sheets… Reach out to them if you have questions.

[Kyle]

Thanks for your suggestions everyone!

[Adrian Griffin]

There are many vendors on AliExpress. Last year, I bought a 0.1x100x500mm piece for $2.75. Vendor was MSL Tool Store. Cost seems to jump up significantly for 200mm wide pieces. May have something to do with the dimensions of the shipping package.

Shipping is slow, though, typically 5 weeks. Even slower now, but orders with various vendors  that I placed in late March are now trickling in.

[Roger Caffin]

@Adrian

Did the Ti turn up flat or rolled up?

Cheers

[Adrian Griffin]

Was rolled up but easy to flatten out. I use it as a 6 1/2 inch diameter windshield that goes 3/4 of the way around my larger diameter pot. It hangs on the pot supports of my MSR Pocket Rocket with hooks I made form 3 paper clips. It extends about 1 1/2 inches below the level of the pot supports, so doesn’t surround the canister.

[Roger Caffin]

Sounds all good to me.

Cheers

[David Gardner]

Just ordered 3′ of 10″ wide .005″ Ti from Lite Outdoors. $30 + $12 shipping via UPS from Canada. I’ll post when it arrives and give my feedback.

[Adrian Griffin]

Alas, with the new Universal Postal Union rate schedules, many of the AliExpress vendors have put up their prices. My vendor (MSL Tools store) now wants $4.21 for shipping.

[John “Jay” Menna]

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/

I got a small piece from Aircraft Spruce. They are aimed at the homebuilt/experimental aircraft crowd.  They may have too big a minimum for you however.  I had other items coming from them.

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