I was going to post this in the G2 thread but I can’t post more then 2 times in a row so go over there and leave a comment lol
Here’s a video of me working on a custom TiHawk
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I’m digging my TiHawk these are so good.
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Which thread?
Can you torch using just a gas stove? Or do you need a handheld propane torch to do it properly and direct the heat to just the right places?
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It looks like he’s using it to distribute heat as evenly as he can (especially once the temperature of color change has been reached). I’ve been watching it for a bit for technique.
In theory a gas stove would work too, yes.
I guess the stove could work. If you’re going to order a torch get a map gas one, so it burns more consistent
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Map gas rigs aren’t very pricy. I’d spring for one if I was gonna be trying to anno a titanium throw. Seems worth it to me
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I tried this on the gas stove and got mostly… bronze?
I think I need something that can generate a lot more heat in a much more localized area!
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Get a plumbers propane torch. Relatively easy to do
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Yeah this was just a test. Gas stove works fine if you want bronze color, though you’d need to make sure it heats evenly.
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You can remove the cap the displaces the flame on your stove and it turns it into a torch. It might be a little sketch, but I’ve done it with other steel projects before I got a propane torch
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I have no idea what I’m doooooiiiinnnggg
Heated excessively, you get a bronzing type effect, that’s what you’re seeing on the bottom there. If you vary the temps you get rainbows, but it’s … tricky.
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Oh man, I see a couple of B grades
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These are all A grades. There are only A grades in my world. B grades don’t exist.
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Here’s a closeup of how that one @G2_Jake did came out, @smonuts sold it and posted a pic, wanted to mirror it here as well
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Also I guess you can see the heat range to color relationship in Titanium on a titanium exhaust? From right (coolest, gold) to left (hottest, blue) here:
That light gold is definitely what you begin with when you start out heating the Ti enough, I can verify that 100%.
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My torch finger has been itching. Just saying.
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cannot wait to see more of your blow-torch work on the vlog
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Would you say the splotches are from not getting the halves cleaned enough?
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