Nickel silver strips

JoeyInCali

JoeyInCali

Maker of Joey Bautista Cues
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Anyone know of a good source.
Sterling silver is nice but kinda soft for my liking.
Am looking for one around 30-32 thou thick.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
Anyone know of a good source.
Sterling silver is nice but kinda soft for my liking.
Am looking for one around 30-32 thou thick.
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Joey, nickle silver is to hard for my liking. As it is for most cuemakers I know. It's hard on your saw blades, hard to work, and so hard at times it will pull out when turn cutting it. Why not try silver. Yes, silver, you can purchase it in a hard, or sim-hard, or dead soft state. I buy most of mine in what they call, "DEAD-SOFT"..If done correctly, it will not pull out when turn-cutting, and it holds it's shape when bending it.
I buy mine in roll form, on a spool. Spool off what you need and inlay. works very well. The harder stuff is really hard to make fitt properly. It all glues in well.
blud
 
Not being a cue smith but being someone who buys and sells precious metals, those prices are HIGH. You can buy 1 oz silver rounds for 8 dollars all day and they are soft enough that you should have no trouble turing then in your lathe or using a mill to cut out inlays. In the end you'll wind up with alot of pure silver scrap that you can keep or sell to a smelter. Don't pay $1395 an oz plus shiping. That's just crazy. My 2 cents.
 
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jaflowers said:
Not being a cue smith but being someone who buys and sells precious metals, those prices are HIGH. You can buy 1 oz silver rounds for 8 dollars all day and they are soft enough that you should have no trouble turing then in your lathe or using a mill to cut out inlays. In the end you'll wind up with alot of pure silver scrap that you can keep or sell to a smelter. Don't pay $1395 an oz plus shiping. That's just crazy. My 2 cents.
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I do not pay high prices for silver. Mostly what I buy is flats, .010 X .030, and some rounds .010 and .020 , .030. These come on a spool. If your interested in using silver, order it dead soft "anealed". much easier to work.
blud
 
Blud,
The silver rounds I spoke of are 1 oz pure .999 fine silver round coins minted by numerous different companies. Since it's pure silver it's as soft as it can be. I don't make cues and I know your reputation for being an excellent maker. I figured with the machine tools that most of you all have handy you could cut and polish just about anything you wanted out of just a pure bar or coin. Again, $13.95 for an ounce of pure silver is just tooo high in my opinion. Hate to see anyone taken advantage of. Hit up a local coin dealer and buy a ten ounce bar for $75-$79 or several 1 oz rounds at $8 each. That would last a while. Keep making those great cues no matter though. :)
 
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jaflowers said:
Blud,
The silver rounds I spoke of are 1 oz pure .999 fine silver round coins minted by numerous different companies. Since it's pure silver it's as soft as it can be. I don't make cues and I know your reputation for being an excellent maker. I figured with the machine tools that most of you all have handy you could cut and polish just about anything you wanted out of just a pure bar or coin. Again, $13.95 for an ounce of pure silver is just tooo high in my opinion. Hate to see anyone taken advantage of. Hit up a local coin dealer and buy a ten ounce bar for $75-$79 or several 1 oz rounds at $8 each. That would last a while. Keep making those great cues no matter though. :)
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I pay around $7.50 and up depending upon current market prices.
Thanks for your in-put, sir.
blud
 
jaflowers said:
Not being a cue smith but being someone who buys and sells precious metals, those prices are HIGH. You can buy 1 oz silver rounds for 8 dollars all day and they are soft enough that you should have no trouble turing then in your lathe or using a mill to cut out inlays. In the end you'll wind up with alot of pure silver scrap that you can keep or sell to a smelter. Don't pay $1395 an oz plus shiping. That's just crazy. My 2 cents.
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Well, considering I have seen prices double and triple from what I found at C&C, I figured it wasn't too bad.
Where do you recommend I buy bezel strip?
 
Sounds like you're doing good then Blud. That's a very fair price for 1 ouncers. The last 100oz bar I bought was at 7.35 an ounce so 7.50 for 1 oz rounds is a good deal. :)

Sheldon, wish I could name a supplier for you but I really have no idea on buying it in that form. I buy for investment in my future so I tend to stick with bullion coins or bars. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. :confused:

Jason
 
Sheldon said:
Well, considering I have seen prices double and triple from what I found at C&C, I figured it wasn't too bad.
Where do you recommend I buy bezel strip?
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You should be able to just go to any local jewelry supply near you. You can get a roller that will resize it for you. You just feed it through like making pasta. Same with gold. Roll it out into a flat piece and cut your inlays out like you would do any other material.
 
if you guys just call rio grande and get a catalog you will find all you need and more, just ask for the supply one.
 
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Sheldon said:
Well, considering I have seen prices double and triple from what I found at C&C, I figured it wasn't too bad.
Where do you recommend I buy bezel strip?
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Sheldon, try Hoover and Strong, @ 800-759-9997, or Stuller, Inc @ 1-800-877-7777, or Rio Grande @ 1-800 545-6566. Been getting the best service and price out of Stuller of late, but there all good folks.
You can have whatever you what made by any of these companies.I have dealt with all of them for yrs. They got there act together.
blud
 
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