psilvers Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Anyone know where these would be available? I assume that the difference between titanium and stainless would be in durability, tuning, etc. Am I correct? I am just starting to make spinnerbaits and I wondering whether - after I gain some more experience - I should go with titanium. Thanks, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 You can buy the wire from McMaster-Carr www.mcmaster.com. You can then bend your own. Titanium wire is very expensive. I personally don't see the benefit in using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 I don't think it'd be a good idea. you have to heat it to bend it and once you heat it it gets extremely brittle. also, you can't tune it and without the computer controlled molds the big companies have if you don't have the form perfectly centered then it's trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominousone Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Also w/titanium... I asked about titanium wire forms when shopping for spinnerbait parts the other day and was told that terminator has some sort of litigation out on titanium spinnerbaits. So if you want to sell them, I'd stick to stainless or piano wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Most titanium wire isn't tempered so that it can be worked into a shape, after it's bent it has to be properly tempered or it will be very brittle and totally useless. Stainless is the best bet. Terminator invested a ton of money and they still aren't perfect, I have 5 sitting in my basement without the main blade and swivel because the loop wasn't closed all the way and since the wire is already tempered, it's impossible to close it without breaking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassn1 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 I have 5 sitting in my basement without the main blade and swivel because the loop wasn't closed all the way and since the wire is already tempered, it's impossible to close it without breaking it. I had the same problem, slide a piece of electrical shrink tubing over the loop and shrink it. Works every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerZ Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 The titanium wire that terminator uses is not pure titanium, but a titanium/nickel alloy. It reguires a special annealing (sp) process to bend it correctly. Additionally they have a patent on the wire. You can buy pre made forms direct from them, but usually have to buy a large number. Occasionally, they will get one that is not bent properly causing the blade to come off. They fixed this a couple ot years ago, but if you still have the old baits, you can send them back and get them replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
