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[-] dan@upvote.au 5 points 5 hours ago

I like how there's so many comments about the value of the cube, and no two comments have the same value.

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I mean if you get it in bulk it might be cheaper... but at the same time that would probably be really hard to make and take a major portion of the tungsten supply to make.

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

NCD would probably be delighted to have something that can be turned into multiple rods from god

[-] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

You know those degens would also use those rods as a sex toy.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Let’s say that cube is 4.5’ a side. That’s 91.125 cu ft. Tungsten weighs 1,201.738 lb/cu ft. Which means the cube weighs 109,508.38 lb.

That’s an impressively sturdy floor.

Currently, tungsten is selling at about $340 USD/ton.

The block weighs 54.7542 tons.

So this is indeed a decent prize at $18,616 USD.

All you have to do to claim your prize is get it home.

Edit: corrected to a less whelming but still difficult to transport prize thanks to chiliedogg.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

You divided by 2 instead of 2000 on your pounds/tons conversion.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Good thing I’m not an accountant

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 8 hours ago

If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 8 hours ago

Please deliver this to my moon base

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 44 points 12 hours ago

2/10 Prize 8/10 Prize if delivery is included

I can put it in the front yard, spray paint it gold, and start a neighborhood cult around The Cube.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

You ain't putting it anywhere. It's getting delivered and staying where they put it.

A single 5 foot cube of tungsten would weigh about as much as an above average sized single family home.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 7 hours ago

I assume dumped on the yard would be the only delivery option.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Lol it looks even a decent forklift maxes out at 70k lbs

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 8 hours ago

How does one join the cult for The Cube?

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 7 points 7 hours ago

One must simply gaze upon the glory of The Cube. The Cube will invite you in, keep you warm, keep you safe. The Cube welcomes all. The Cube just wants to share.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That cube would be in the neighborhood of 1 million dollars of tungsten

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I just looked it up; assuming that thing's about 5ft³, that thing is worth like $54,000. Granted, you're going to need somebody to come haul it off, but at 10.66k per cubic foot, I'd say it's not a bad prize.

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 31 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

This could possibly be the worst possible prize. Raw tungsten isn’t actually that expensive. What’s expensive is working with it as it melts 3,410c (6,170f) isn’t very malleable and is heavy like really really heavy to move this block you will probably need larger equipment than standard industrial moving equipment, bigger trucks and loaders also you’ll need to get the city's permission to haul it on the roads , that alone is probably going to cost more than the cube is worth you will then have to pay a monthly storage fee until someone wants to buy it. Shouldn’t be that long right? It’s a valuable metal… well good luck finding a company that works with tungsten outside of china, and you absolutely can not ship it. But let’s assume you find someone who wants it(at a considerable discount) well now you have to higher the specialized movers again.

EDIT:

Actually I just did the math and plugged in all the known values I could find and assuming you could sell it within the first year you could probably make $700,000, so it would still be well worth it. But a lot of trouble.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I wonder if there's a foundry in the world with a crucible that can hold, melt, and pour that much tungsten? To make a 5 foot solid cube.

Then imagine trying to machine the damn thing square.

[-] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 7 points 9 hours ago

Rocket nozzles are commonly made of tungsten, there are more than a few manufacturers in the US. Drill bits can be made of tungsten carbide. Armor piercing weapons use tungsten too. All of these have industries in the US.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Drill bits are coated in tungsten carbide. Sometimes. There are a variety of coatings.

The drill bits you're buying at the big box store are high speed still with some kind of coating to help them last a little longer. The specialty drill bits you're buying for working on metal are also HSS with a different coating and probably different tip geometry.

End mills are milling/lathe inserts can be HSS or carbide, also with some tungsten coating. Importantly, these are sintered, and made out of dust.

Tungsten carbide is waaaay too brittle to work as a drill bit.

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Like, no. All sorts of carbide bits, including drill bits.

Lot of tungsten producers and recyclers in the US, kennemetal for instance. They would be happy to come get that cube, might have to crack it into smaller pieces.

[-] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago

https://drillbitsusa.com/product-category/solid-carbide-drill-bits/

You don't use solid carbide drill bits with a hand drill but with mills and cnc machines.

https://www.mcmaster.com/product/3723A51

[-] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Spoken like a true tungsten connoisseur.

[-] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago

The company I worked for made tungsten nozzles, they had to be welded using atomic hydrogen welding. One day a bottle of hydrogen shows up and receiving rejected it, we had the supplier label it protium and it went right through.

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

but what if I want one 🥺

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Then good news you can buy it! But you’ll have to commission it’s very specialized construction, and pay to have it shipped across seas… you know that thing I said you absolutely could not do, well with money all things are possible.

[-] don@lemm.ee 6 points 11 hours ago

too bad, no giant cube of tungsten 4 u

[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 7 points 11 hours ago

Don't forget having to pay income tax on the original retail value of the cube (assuming this is USA where lottery and prizes are taxable gains)

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[-] Sestren@lemmy.world 126 points 18 hours ago

Assuming that's about 5x5', and going by the price of the first tungsten cube found on Google, this would be worth about 15 million dollars. Decent prize of you could move 150,000lb.

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 12 points 12 hours ago

Going with your 5' x 5' x 5' size, that should weigh about 132,624 pounds, or about 66.3 tons. The price, as of 2018, was about $30,000/ton. That works out to be about $2M.

Still a pretty heft prize.

[-] Sestren@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Didn't calculate the price by weight. Just took the number from the 6" cube here and extrapolated from that since it was the easiest math.

https://shop.tungsten.com/tungsten-cube/

The 5' cube is 1000 times the size of the 6" cube and the 6" cube is $15k. The prices don't scale up linearly though. The smaller cubes are better value by weight.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemy.lol 4 points 8 hours ago

I'll make my own cubes! Will a sawsall get through that motherfucker?

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[-] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 13 hours ago

Sounds like a Peter Molyneux game. "And if you click on the cube, you might win another cube"

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