Ti bolts

[Ernest Montague]

ask why you want to spend any money saving that tiny bit of weight 
mostly
On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:27 PM, Steve Robertson wrote:

> Just heard back from the person who seems to have a small operation 
> making
> some Ti bolts out in Ohio. He will sell me some M8 x 20mm hex flange 
> heads
> for $4/bolt.
>
> Any reason I can't put a nut on these and grind them down to 16mm? 
> Says they
> are heat treated and rolled grade 5 bolts. Any other questions I 
> should be asking
> him, I don't have any experience with Ti.
>