Titanium keyboarding

[brentaarnold]

So I'm anxiously awaiting a Titanium TKL backplate to come in, but it has me thinking (IT HURTS):

I noticed there was a GB back in 2013/14 for Titanium spacebars. Is that every coming back? I want one in Cherry soooo bad. Also, Is there any case made out of titanium? I like titanium.

Titanium.

[Steezus]

For the application titanium is pointless and overly expensive for a keyboard imo, especially since it requires better tooling to cut. However if you want a titanium spacebar feng is still selling some in his classifieds thread.

[keshley]

What Steezus said. I love titanium, its one of my favorite metals.

But working with it is quite expensive. So its all for bling factor. You could probably make keycaps out of sterling silver and have it be cheaper.

[KaminKevCrew]

For the application titanium is pointless and overly expensive for a keyboard imo, especially since it requires better tooling to cut. However if you want a titanium spacebar feng is still selling some in his classifieds thread.

Agreed. I actually have a titanium spacebar, but I haven't used it yet. It's sitting in my desk, waiting for the hubble mira to happen... I may end up putting it on a board that has a 7X spacebar, once I get one (I still don't actually have any winkeyless boards at the moment XD)

[ImpendingxDoom]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

[Steezus]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

Could always add a brass plate to the design but milling out a titanium case would be ridiculously expensive

[ImpendingxDoom]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

Could always add a brass plate to the design but milling out a titanium case would be ridiculously expensive

Milled titanium case with a section carved out for a glass Mercury weight bath. A few RGB LEDs shooting down onto the liquid metal that shimmers a rainbow of colors as you type.

Now we're talking.

[Waateva]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

Could always add a brass plate to the design but milling out a titanium case would be ridiculously expensive

Milled titanium case with a section carved out for a glass Mercury weight bath. A few RGB LEDs shooting down onto the liquid metal that shimmers a rainbow of colors as you type.

Now we're talking.

With Razer switches right?

[Melvang]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

Titanium is heavier than aluminum.

Aluminum ~170 depending on alloy

Titanium 283

[Steezus]

I don't know about you, but titanium is a bit too light for my taste. It would be fun to have a board with a titanium case, plate, and caps but I like having some heft to a metal board.

Titanium is heavier than aluminum.

Aluminum ~170 depending on alloy

Titanium 283

Yeap, aluminum is about 1/3rd the weight of steel and I believe titanium is about half the weight. Titanium is good for it's strength.

[Cypis]

..and it's relatively easy to make it coloured - both with high temperature and electricity.

Just google: "titanium anodizing knife"

[brentaarnold]

Milled titanium case with a section carved out for a glass Mercury weight bath. A few RGB LEDs shooting down onto the liquid metal that shimmers a rainbow of colors as you type.

Now we're talking.

I just climaxed.

[Melvang]

Machining titanium isn't difficult in the world of machining, just requires special cutter inserts, and has a steep learning curve in both cutter tooling and material costs.  There are much more difficult to machine super alloys such as Inconel.  They have even developed special coatings for cutters in these materials that don't even get to full operating parameters until the cutter gets up over 600°F.

Or you can use ceramic cutting inserts.

[njbair]

Machining titanium isn't difficult in the world of machining, just requires special cutter inserts, and has a steep learning curve in both cutter tooling and material costs.  There are much more difficult to machine super alloys such as Inconel.  They have even developed special coatings for cutters in these materials that don't even get to full operating parameters until the cutter gets up over 600°F.

Or you can use ceramic cutting inserts.

Mmmm... Some sweet six-axis action there.

Someone tell CPT, we've got machining porn up in here!