I really want to get a gold plated one. The density of tungsten is less than 1% different from gold
Apply some affordable gold leaf on it after thorough solvent cleaning, and rub it in so it bonds with the surface.
My Tungsten Cube (2019)
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Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#22I have a 2kg tunsgsten sphere. Also deeply viscerally satisfying to hold, and makes a great party trick.
I got the big one from Midwest Tungston, about $700. Well worth it.
I love letting people hold it. I call it my heavy ball.
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#23Cool cube and I want one. But a metalworking friend of mine warned against getting a ring made out of tungsten.
Apparently a climber had one on and broke his ring finger, and the EMTs couldn't get the ring off because the finger had swollen and they couldn't cut the ring due to the strength of the metal. They ended up having to amputate and re-attach the finger (much longer and it would have had to be amputated anyway, it seems).
Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#24My dad owns both a tungsten cube and a tungsten sphere. I slightly prefer the sphere, the smoothness and lack of corners, combined with density, makes it really try to slip out of hour hand.
Can be a bit dangerous for your floors, but lots of fun to hold.
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#25Some of the reviews on these are fantastic: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RZKKKAM6FE5AI
> Nietzsche once said that a man who has a why can bear almost any how. But a man who has a tungsten cube can bear any object less dense, and all this talk of why and how becomes unnecessary.
Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#26This reads like they're allegorically throwing shade. At what I'm not sure.
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#27Gotta say I love the ad copy for the 10 pound cube: ADD to your collection! This cube is the larger version of the world famous tungsten cube COMPARE the density to our 2.5" Aluminum cube to enhance the experience
I wonder if anyone is manufacturing tungsten dumbbells. Would be very pricy, but also super cool.
Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#28Cool cube and I want one. But a metalworking friend of mine warned against getting a ring made out of tungsten. Apparently a climber had one on and broke his ring finger, and the EMTs couldn't get the ring off because the finger had swollen and they couldn't cut the ring due to the strength of the metal. They ended up having to amputate and re-attach the finger (much longer and it would have had to be amputated anywa…
Ring avulsion is pretty scary too, and can happen with any metal ring.
Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#29I have plenty of samples of explosion bonded metals that I fidget with in a similar manner. Samples that combine metals with different densities feel unnatural in the hand.
Re: My Tungsten Cube (2019)
#30Cool cube and I want one. But a metalworking friend of mine warned against getting a ring made out of tungsten. Apparently a climber had one on and broke his ring finger, and the EMTs couldn't get the ring off because the finger had swollen and they couldn't cut the ring due to the strength of the metal. They ended up having to amputate and re-attach the finger (much longer and it would have had to be amputated anywa…
If you are in this situation, don't cut the ring, crack it. Pure tungsten, and some alloys like tungsten-carbide, is somewhat brittle.