WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 any die casting experts here? That might be the way to go as each one will be more exact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 if I am making my own molds these are the types I have to choose from Sand casting Investment casting Die casting Centrifugal casting https://www.simpli.com/lifestyle/exploring-different-types-metal-casting-processes-used-foundries?utm_content=params%3Aad%3DdirN%26qo%3DserpIndex%26o%3D740008%26ag%3Dfw&ueid=D79384B1-24B9-49C4-9C39-38D198970E8D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 10 minutes ago, WVU said: there is money to be made. These things are selling. Some are getting $50 per. I think I can get $35 pretty easily. My startup costs are not going to be very high. I can start making these with as little as a few hundred bucks as I really don't need that $800 oven. Other than as an ornament how many would people buy? Why would someone spend $35-50 for something that's worth $22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 16 minutes ago, mikeman said: Other than as an ornament how many would people buy? Why would someone spend $35-50 for something that's worth $22? because they do. They are collection pieces. Even though it is only $23 in silver, the piece is still worth $35. I bought a small kit of 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 Here you go, Jimmy. This is what I bought. No copyright infringement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2 minutes ago, WVU said: Here you go, Jimmy. This is what I bought. No copyright infringement. Very nice. I'm all about that liability boss, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 50 minutes ago, WVU said: Here you go, Jimmy. This is what I bought. No copyright infringement. That one video of the letter B made it look like a lot of work, a lot of polishing etc to get it to look nice, you'll spend many hours producing and finishing a batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 10 hours ago, mikeman said: That one video of the letter B made it look like a lot of work, a lot of polishing etc to get it to look nice, you'll spend many hours producing and finishing a batch. That’s because he used a sand mold. I’m looking to have a steel or aluminum mold manufactured and then pressure poured into the mold. I don’t really want to sand or polish at all. You lose too much silver on uncollected silver dust. you could be right, though. It may be more work then I want to do to get them to look nice and shiny like the ones I have. The edges aren’t exact or completely smooth on the ones I bought either but they still stack nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWarning Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 You would have to find someone with a similar die. They are not cheap to make, and would eat all your potential profits away, unless you are making a lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, FairWarning said: You would have to find someone with a similar die. They are not cheap to make, and would eat all your potential profits away, unless you are making a lot of them. If I do this, I would be making hundreds of these every week. I would want to do 6 or so at a time. There are guys out there buying from the same place I bought and then just reselling them at a nice markup. Making them myself would undercut all the resellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 Have you guys even seen a kilo coin? Me either, but I have six coming. $860 per. Australian Koalas. I have kilo bars but not coins. I have a bunch of 10 ounce coins too. These are 32 ounces. They must be huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 How much over the spot price do they get for those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 The silver Lego blocks also come in 10 ounce sizes. I want some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: How much over the spot price do they get for those? I paid like $27 so $3.50. But JMBullion ships it in nice packaging and storage containers. And free shipping. So that’s worth it. FYI they would buy it back at $24 per ounce. They are the best place I have found for selling your silver, but I’ve never done it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 3 minutes ago, WVU said: I paid like $27 so $3.50. But JMBullion ships it in nice packaging and storage containers. And free shipping. So that’s worth it. FYI they would buy it back at $24 per ounce No tax collected, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 Yeah zero tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Attaboy! +EV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 This guy is just reselling for 100% profit margin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milwaukee mike Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 wvu i have a ton of kilo coins, those are fun i like the idea, but i agree with hoffa there could be liability issues... i'm quite sure lego has patents on everything that even looks like a lego... here in wisconsin black wolf lodge had to change the name of the whole COMPANY to great wolf lodge because kohler had a golf course named black wolf run yes, it really gets that stupid, i had a client get served a cease-and-desist order from the police because he was reselling mary kay products from people that quit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 15 minutes ago, WVU said: This guy is just reselling for 100% profit margin The question is how many orders does he get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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milwaukee mike Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 just to show what some of them look like next to 8.5x11 paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, mikeman said: The question is how many orders does he get? He got 4. He got a bunch of single orders though. Like 400 at 46$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, milwaukee mike said: Those look like 10 ounces. Pretty friggen cool 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 Here are some 10 ounce coins next to a kilo bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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