tungsten carbide ring

[onedash]

I saw someone post a carbide ring a while back. Well my ring is wore out after 15+ years. So I decided my replacement would be tungsten carbide....Its pretty nice and feels way better. (comfort fit)
Plus its a lot cheaper than gold or platinum. Titanium I guess can still wear out and scratch so i decided not to get one of those.
My wifes ring still looks brand new. all the detail on mine was gone and I broke it once too.

On the way home I told my wife there is the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the suffering. I said I guess i got my suffering....
She said ha ha wheres mine. I said she has plenty..She said " I know!!"
I think she is a little upset that we dont have matching rings any more but i said they havent mached in years. She said symbolically......

plus it matches my watch....

[crokett]

Easy to fix the matching ring thing - get her a tungsten carbie. I am curious to know exactly what you do where your ring wears out and breaks. Mine is only 4 yrs old but the engraving is still on the back.

[linear]

I got a titanium band off an ebay seller for 2 bucks (8 with shipping). I was stnned, I guess Ti doesn't have much intrinsic value. Same seller has dozens of bands for that price, and a few for a very modest amount more.

[LCHIEN]

I was wondering when i saw that.
I've worked with tungsten carbide plates before (We actually used two plates ground optically flat with holes in them to make a high abrasive content high pressure fluid valve- you rotate the plates until the holes line up.) I know that tungsten carbide is actually pretty brittle, on impact it will chip or shatter, even though its very hard and wear resistant. Whereas gold or silver, esp. jewely alloys are much softer and you can bang them without breaking it. Are you going to have to be more careful? I think something like slapping your hand down on a marble table might be enough to break it. Already sounds like you are hard on jewelry.

[onedash]

Easy to fix the matching ring thing - get her a tungsten carbie. I am curious to know exactly what you do where your ring wears out and breaks. Mine is only 4 yrs old but the engraving is still on the back.

Im in the Marine Corps..I have a desk job right now.

[LCHIEN]

I got a titanium band off an ebay seller for 2 bucks (8 with shipping). I was stnned, I guess Ti doesn't have much intrinsic value. Same seller has dozens of bands for that price, and a few for a very modest amount more.

titanium has some great properties, one its stronger and harder than aluminum and lighter than steel and is so far off the electrical proerties chart it won't corrode in seawater (unlike stainless steel and aluminum which ultimately do in prolonged contact).

we used to buy 3.5" diameter rods of it, cut into 14" lengths and bore out the middle 3" to make housings for electronics that were part of a towed cable in seawater. Tension could be around several thousand pounds. I think the cost was a few hundred bucks after the machining. Alternatives were stainless steel and aluminum but neither did a very good job.

It's fairly expensive compared to steel and aluminum but it's definately NOT in the precious metals category with gold, silver and platinum.