Titanium Rods?

[Yean Loon]

Hi All,

Just wondering if titanium would be a feasible material to make the support rods out of....

Price aside...seems like it could be a good solution??

But again, if it's good then why hasn't anyone done anything with it?

 

[John V]

Would most likely cost an arm and leg. Dont know that there is a market for it...cost vs. weight is not enough to justify it.

 

[BigLu]

Im gonna make some.
I just love the idea way to much.

If its somewhat affordable.

 

[Warren Kommers]

I would try the Ultra rodz from ET before you go to all that trouble and cost. They are pretty light.

 

[David Didato]

I've hear the Ultra light rods don't support enough weight. Is that true?

 

[Pawel Achtel]

Titanium Rods

Titanium Rods

Hi All,

Just wondering if titanium would be a feasible material to make the support rods out of....

Price aside...seems like it could be a good solution??

But again, if it's good then why hasn't anyone done anything with it?

All Titanium Grade-2 :weight_lift:

Pawel
www.achtel.com

 

[Arnaud Paris]

Just got a 24 inch set of ultra rods from ET and believe me they are strong!

 

[Charles Perkins]

i looked into getting some Ti rods made. the best quote I got for custom rods was $85/Kg for Ti grade 2, plus $125 shipping from china.

the lead time was about 6 weeks though.

 

[dalemccready]

Nice kit Pawel!

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

Expensive metal, very difficult to machine and melts around 3000 ° F. Production cost wouldn't be justified.

 

[Mitch Gross]

You can get titanium tripods and bikes, so I'm sure you could get rods. But they would be expensive.

ET's nickel-coated aluminum rods are very nice & lightweight, but they are not appropriate for supporting very heavy zoom lenses. Shove them under your camera to mount the battery & raid on the back and a prime, mattebox & follow focus on the front no problem. But stick an Angenieux 25-250 HR or God Forbid a 24-290 monster and you really need to have steel rods.

 

[Patrick Campbell]

Hi All,

Just wondering if titanium would be a feasible material to make the support rods out of....

Price aside...seems like it could be a good solution??

But again, if it's good then why hasn't anyone done anything with it?

Not such a good solution, ti is not very stiff compared to steel, it makes a great spring, can flex without deformation, but the modulus of elasticity makes it a poor choice. It would have to weigh as much as a steel rod to have the same stiffness characteristics.

It does make pretty white sparks.

 

[Yean Loon]

All Titanium Grade-2 :weight_lift:

Pawel
www.achtel.com

phew!!! where you get those, Pawel??

 

[Brent J. Craig]

...stick an Angenieux 25-250 HR or God Forbid a 24-290 monster and you really need to have steel rods.

Every one of those lenses I have ever rented has come with the appropriate rods. It's pretty safe to assume that a good rental house is going to give you what you need to make the lens work.

 

[NateWeaver]

Not such a good solution, ti is not very stiff compared to steel, it makes a great spring, can flex without deformation, but the modulus of elasticity makes it a poor choice. It would have to weigh as much as a steel rod to have the same stiffness characteristics.

Yes, I was going to say, AFAIK from the mountainbike/road bike business, titanium is not a terribly stiff material. It's very good for certain things, but it's not for everything.