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Ti bikes are notorious for cracking (why I will never buy one), especially at the welds, especially especially at the welds in high stress areas such as BB.
Building bikes in this way moves the welds to areas of the bike that are under much, much lower stress, and as such much less likely to crack.
I’m no expert, but yes, I’m sure the printed parts speed up the physical building of the frame, but would imagine the time saved in the workshop will be spent in front of a computer instead.
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Just going to preface what I am about to say with the fact I think Sturdy frames look great, and frame builders deserve to earn a good wage for the work they do.
Regarding 3D lugs, don't they make the frame builders life easier (no complex clusters to build), without offering any particular benefit to the rider? I'm not sure I would want to pay a premium for use of 3D lugs, unless there is some benefit I don't understand.