How to bend TITANIUM wire ???

[sal669]

Hey guys,

I want to modify some Titanium spinnerbaits by shortening a bit the upper arm and making them SINGLE blade. I never worked with TI wire and I don't wanna screw up. So I'm gonna have to remake the loop to atach the blade.

Can anybody give me any advice, please ????

[.dsaavedra.]

honestly i'd just go at it with needle-nose pliers.

maybe somebody who has worked with titanium wire will chime in...

[fishingdanderson]

I believe your talking about springback titanium wire.  You can also buy titanium wire that isn't springback but is more durable than the stainless steel wire.  I haven't used it but with any metal their are similar properties  and one thing about metal is when you heat it up red hot and bend it and then cool it quickly the molecules want to stay in that molecular structure.  That is how things are tempered and annealed which are opposites.  Like I said I haven't used the springback titanium but it would be my educated guess that that is what you have to do.

[Mattlures]

fishingdanderson is absolutley correct. I have changed out worn buzzer blades on a titanium wired buzzer. Heat up the wire red hot where you want to bend it then, bend it how you want it and let it cool down or cool it in water.

[Catt]

Heating titanium increases its formability, reduces springback, and permits maximum deformation with minimum annealing.

[sal669]

I got it done with the heating. It breaks if you try to bend it at a small radius without heating.

Thanx

[daviscw]

Cooling fast by dipping it in water will make it brittle and hard. Cooling by dipping in sand will bring out it's more ductile properties.

[ToledoEF]

Cooling fast by dipping it in water will make it brittle and hard. Cooling by dipping in sand will bring out it's more ductile properties.

Colling in sand also will forge it!