Cutting Titanium Tube

[Vintage Veloce]

I have this Titanium exhaust, about 1.5" OD and the wall thickness is 0.05".
The pipe sticks out way too far past the flange, about 1.5"
I need to take about an inch off, leaving only 1/2" to the flange.


I've never done anything with Ti. Can I just hacksaw this with a regular 32T blade?

 

[rsanter]

Saw blade slow and steady.
Try to score or work around the perimeter to keep as many teeth engaged as can be.

Or

Thin cut off wheel

 

[slowtwitch73]

Have at it.. nothing too crazy about ti.

 

[Gunfixr]

You should be able to saw it, use a new blade, put oil on it, cutting oil preferred, but anything is better than dry. Don't be in a hurry. You might have to press harder than you're used to.

 

[Vintage Veloce]

Thanks guys, just wanted to be sure I wasn't getting into something unusual!

 

[nadogail]

A cutoff wheel on an angle grinder will give you an awesome shower of sparks.

 

[HoosierBuddy]

Just don't let it get hot. Titanium will age harden like crazy if you get it hot while cutting it. I've drilled some Ti bars to make rings on a lathe, and run into some real issues when I got downhole far enough that there wasn't enough mass in the bar left to take away the heat.

 

[ddawg16]

That looks like stainless, not titanium

Titanium has a really dull look to it

 

[ddawg16]

Here is a pic of polished TI
Notice the color difference

 

[sqznby]

Bandsaw will do the job

ddawg, some exhaust suppliers finish the material to be weld ready, like Ticon which gives a polished/brushed look. I think Vibrant leaves it raw. Finished Ti looks similar to a finished SS.
But seeing this is a production muffler/exhaust system, I'd guess it was brushed/finished from the factory as well as colored.