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Re: Titanum

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Originally Posted by jspatz1 View Post
Our team has found that while titanium is a bit expensive and hard to work with, it can be fashioned into an excellent team name.
Agreed

We have discussed the use of Ti as part of our frame, but the expense to reward ratio is a little low. We have limited our use of Ti to some shafts, which we get material for from Boeing's rem buckets (no more than three/ four inches in length though).
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