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Parts Department--Sneak peak at what's in the works
I know we already have the trading thread and if this is totally inappropriate please feel free to lock it, but I thougt a thread exclusively for custom terrain builders to ask for materials would be a welcome addition.
With that being said I am looking for 2 things... 1-the Blue screw off caps that come on bottles of Nesquik 2-Cofee stirrers...the kind that are a round or square stick with a flat end on one side. If you need pics i will gladly find them and add them. If anyone can gather some of these for me i will be glad to pay for you to ship them to me. Thanks. Last edited by Onacara; May 21st, 2009 at 10:06 PM. |
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just courious but what are you making with them... and as far as the caps ... do they have to be blue.. or can they be any color.... I understand that you use nesquick caps but aren't they all pretty much the same...I drink a lot of bottled h2o like a case a week so I could save them up for you but they are clear...does that make a big difference... because if you are painting them its all the same... as far as the coffee stirrers why don't you go to 7-11 and just take a handfull or so .. they won't mind...
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The caps from the Nesquik bottles are not like a water bottle twist off. They are a different shape...as fa as the stirrers go...none of the places near be that I frequent for coffee have those types of stirrers
The coffee stirrers have an end that looks like the one on the left. |
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I always buy my nesquick in the half gallon size.. the blue caps are the same as h2o bottles.... well that sucks.....but still courious.....
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING |
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I have a couple of ideas I want to test out for the caps...my son had one yesterday and I was looking at the cap...but since we don;t usually buy it I have no way of gathering up more for tesitng purpoes than to ask the people of the community....
...and stop yelling at me!!! |
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LOL... am not yelling ... hehe.... just very courious.. well I hope you get your caps... i still think you can go to a getty mart or some ghetto gas station and get your stirrers..just pocket a couple...they won't miss em... you could do the honest thing and ask.. give the attendent a dollar or someting and i bet you will get like 50 of em..
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Ok still need the Nestles caps but I also need to know if anyone can make metal hexes?
I actually need one made in each of these sizes 1-hex 2-hex 3-hex 7-hex I would like them to be about 1/4 inch thick...if you can do this let me know. |
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Real Metal? - Or something that looks metal?
Why metal? Magnetic Requirements? then aluminum wont work.. etc... |
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Yes real metal...does not matter what kind (cheapest would be best)...basically what I want to do (if possible) is have them welded to metal rods i can clamp into my bench vice. I will be using them as templates for custom terrain so I can file down to the exact size without ruining real hexes with file/sanding marks |
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It would be far cheaper to ruin the hexes
If you were to CNC them, youd have to pay some one about $40 or more an hour to do the G-Code or CAM data... then pay for machine time. But it can be done... (the cnc and cam stuff is what I am supose to be learning at school, but still feel like I dont know crap). Also... I can make custom hexes out of plastic far cheaper... any 3D cad model... I just hit print and take it out of the machine a few hours later. Another alternative if you had access to a kiln and casting tools... is you could sacrifice the plastic piece to make a plaster mold and cast it out of copper... |
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yeah I know...I can dream though can't I? |
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