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by Animats 935 days ago
Machining titanium is possible, but remains difficult. It's slow and you go through a lot of cutters.

Now this is just showing off.[1] Daishin and Open Mind started with a 60 kilogram cylinder of titanium and milled a very detailed crown out of it. 300 hours of CNC machining time on a very good 5-axis mill. Most of the metal ends up as scrap.

The software for this is called HyperMill. If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqv5SjC4s6w