At 09:04 PM 8/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
> What I know about metallurgy wouldn't fill a thimble, but...I was
>reading a bike magazine about the making of titanium frames, and there
>was mention of how the cuts in the drop-outs are made with a machine
>that cuts titanium with water under lots of pressure (which would mean
>hot water). Yes, I know it's being cut, not dissolved. Perhaps this
>was what they were alluding to ?
That's commonly called a waterjet machine in the trade but cold water is used,
not hot. Water is forced thrhu a very tiny nozzle at very high pressures, and
the whole apparatus is driven by a computer, making very accurate cuts.
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