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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by brilee on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:04AM (#16551783)
IIRC the difficulty with titanium was not in the production, but rather the difficulty in machining the metal afterwards.
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by jwatte on Friday March 09, 2018 @03:54PM (#16554945)
Titanium isn't worse to machine than stainless steel. Sure, it's not as straightforward as mild or annealed steel, and not as buttery as aluminum, but the "hard to machine" rep is fairly overstated.

Titanium stock is at least 5x more expensive than steel at retail, so I think the material scarcity is still the major problem.

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