Titanium Putty?

I keep reading about this stuff and after looking online it would seem it is VERY expensive.
Where does one find this to use in hobby application amounts?
Thanks , Mike

 

Just out of curiosity, how would you plan on using it in in a model railroad setting?

Andy
Tetsu Uma

 

Look at golf shops the need it to balance there putter / equipment with this - too.

Regards Karsten

 

Tungsten putty is what you are looking for Mike. It is heavier than lead and easy to fit in anywhere there is a nook or cranny of empty space. Titanium putty would be very expensive indeed, but also very light.

 

I can't think of anywhere I'd use titanium,putty or otherwise,on a model train.It's tough to machine,is as strong as steel,and weighs about as much as aluminum.Some high end gun builders use it as a bedding compound..

 

Tungsten Putty IS INDEED what I meant. This is available where? Golf shops?

Thanks Guys , Mike

 

Thanks Russell, I actually googled it and found Woodland does indeed have it and Robin has already ordered some for the shop. Should be here in a week or two.
Thanks to all of you guys !!!!

Mike

 

Isn't titanium putty what one uses to reduce the weight of a helium car (to simulate a full helium load)?

 

Dick's Sporting Goods, $8.99.

 

:teeth:

Mike

 

I know we've argued this point before but, Lead is heavier than Tungsten Putty. I have not found a place that tungsten putty would be better than a fitted piece of lead for weight. I do use Tungsten solid shaps.

Mike - Woodland also has Tungsten cylinders and plates in the pine car line. For a while our shop had products from Pinecar Extreme that included small cubes, discs, balls and cylinders that work great for filling in the empty space in diesel fuel tanks and the domes in steam loco's. There are some specialty pine car places on line that still carry similar products.

 

Just in case some folks do not know, Tungsten has a density of 17.6 g/cc and titanium has a density of 4.43g/cc. So basically tungsten is about 4 times denser than titanium. Titanium is a very strong but light weight metal while tungsten is a very dense, rather brittle - especially if heated - and very high melting temperature metal that is the reason that it is the basis of incandescent lights as long as it is not subjected to oxygen, which will oxidize it or burn it. Basically, that is how incandescent lights fail as oxygen diffuses through the seals of these lamps

 

Just looking/working on my Bmann S-4, and plenty of room underside in fuel tank/battery box(?) area. And as someone noted room under/around motor. Should have my lead sheet tomorrow or Thursday.
Joe D

 

Pure tungsten is approx 19.3g/cc. The number you are citing is an alloy.

 

Ah, so right. The high density is why rods of it is used for "Anti Armor" i.e. bullets

 

...and lead has a density of 11.342 g/cc so tungsten is denser than lead.

Legpullium has a density of only 0.01 g/cc but can lead to extreme pain