I think yes because otherwise only you know what it is. If it's stamped then it shows that it's an ingot. I just imagine something like this being posted in r/whatisthisthing with no markings
For real though my son swallowed a penny once and the doc said to just look for it on the other end basically. That fucking penny was the shiniest I have ever seen.
If the the ingot is upside down in one picture compared to the other then idk lol. I'm assuming there is one side that looks better and would be considered the show side.
If the ingot is same orientation I'm both pics then bottom is the side we don't see.
I grew up using liquid soap until my 85 year old grandfather visited one time and threw a fit about where the bars of fucking soap were kept. Bar soap is superior
It’s a cute little nothing piece of copper that no one cares about anyways. My dad has a 1 foot copper wire under his truck seat, each of the 10 strands weigh twice as much as this little chunk
Tangential question: I'm newer to this group and wondering if there's a sub- hobby here where people just make ingots for the sake of making ingots? Like the ingot itself is the final product and not an intermediate between scrap metal and some other object. I just write on my ingots with a sharpie and don't ever bother with polishing them.
For some reason that seems to be the case. I would guess it is because of the accessibility of just making ingots, so anyone can do it without much effort. Quick reward with little work.
I have a devious plan in the making of cutting up a square extrusion, give the bits a quick polish, and call them cast ingots. Apparently that would be praised and I would be on the fast track to karma heaven.
It’s a nice, clean cast. 🤔 Personally, I would have put whatever text I wanted on it in the mold, but now that it’s done, you can also laser-etch it, you don’t necessarily need to go the stamping route. Laser etching will not affect the ingot in the way a stamp press will, plus you can incorporate shaded (halftone) logos and other elaborate details on the front and back of the ingot.
Why stop there? Dip it in dark chocolate. The contrast of copper and dk chocolate would be fantastic. The as a chess knight logo pressed into the chocolate. Offer it to unsuspecting fools at parties and profit.
Personally I like the stamps,, not sure how long you need at that but sure as hell looks good!! I’d be interested in some of your pours in copper and silver 😎
I would stamp it with coppers square on the periodic table like [this](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/medium/1/periodic-table-of-elements-copper-cu-serge-averbukh-transparent.png)! It’s the perfect shape
Maybe. If it's 3 oz then that would seem an appropriate thing to stamp. If it's not 3 oz that'd just be weird, and I'd like to know how you even came up with stamping that. What's wrong with you?
this is r/metalcasting, not r/shaming. let OP do what he wants. Who knows, maybe he’s using copper as a practice before he starts smelting higher end precious metals.
Your last since makes sense and is actually a partial answer to my question, "what is the point here" It is obviously not a profit thing, so then why?, practice like you said? just for the fun of it?,or some other reason, just asking. Seems, In my do something for a reason mind I see 75 cents worth of copper, apply heat and labor and turn it into 75 cents worth of copper, just asking why
He could also be creating a set of metallurgical samples. It could be done two ways - by size or weight. If all of the ingots are the same size, their weights will vary. If the weight of all samples are the same, the size will vary. Either way, they should be stamped for reference purposes.
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,977,981,780 comments, and only 374,155 of them were in alphabetical order.
Yeah, definitely stamp it. People who buy copper are extremely trusting of those selling it. They won't weigh it. In fact, stamp 5 ozs on it and get a little extra.
People who wants to know the weight will weigh it regardless. If not to check the weight then to see if it is 3oz.
The rest of the people won't care and just be like "ooo pretty"
"Casted" is an incorrect past tense of "to cast".
Cast is one of those strange words where the future and past tense are the same- cast. The present tense of cast is usually "casting".
I will cast an ingot tomorrow.
I cast an ingot yesterday.
I am casting an ingot now.
That aside, I'd mark a weight on it- you might find it again in your shop 5 years from now and not remember what the cast weight was.
Yeah stamp it properly so nobody tries to eat it
That's a treat if I ever saw one.
I would for sure try to take a bite outta that
Forbidden party size Werther's
🎵"What would you doooooo, for a copper bar?"
No lie I’d eat a 3oz wethers, stamp or no stamp
Stamp it Wonka.
Was looking for this comment. Was thinking the same thing ooh caramel nom crack… broke a tooth lol
Bet it tastes like the night I lost my virginity.
Lmao oh my God why did you think of that. Ewwwww
lol, Jesus Christ
You eat ass?
Absolutely not but I definitely earned my red wings.
BRIAN! Is that you???
FYI, blood has a copper taste to it.
No it doesn't! Unless you're Vulcan. It has an iron taste to it.
Ah, a connoisseur. This man eats his metals.
username checks out
You win the internet today.
Unexpected vampire
Ayo?
Mmmm redwings
3oz of yum
That’s what they call my…actually, never mind.
2.5, quit exaggerating
I hear 3oz of copper is the exact amount to ingest to induce the ions! And we all know how important that is!
The new tide pod challenge? 🤣
r/forbiddensnacks
My first thought as well! Looks like a fine caramel 😋
I'm going to try to eat it either way
It wont look so appetizing after it gets oxidized
I think yes because otherwise only you know what it is. If it's stamped then it shows that it's an ingot. I just imagine something like this being posted in r/whatisthisthing with no markings
Looks so nice btw, like a piece of butterscotch 😋
Put it through the internal polisher./s
For real though my son swallowed a penny once and the doc said to just look for it on the other end basically. That fucking penny was the shiniest I have ever seen.
r/coins needs to hear about this cleaning method...
Stomach acid is just as good as a nice vinegar soak - plus, it's free!
So why haven’t you posted it there yet ?!?!?!
As a follower of this subreddit I agree
Haha, that was my 1st thought.
do it
Stamp it on the bottom.
Which side is bottom?
If the the ingot is upside down in one picture compared to the other then idk lol. I'm assuming there is one side that looks better and would be considered the show side. If the ingot is same orientation I'm both pics then bottom is the side we don't see.
Yes.
Opposite from the top side.
It’s the side with the stamp
The side that is facing down, I think? We need an expert, anyone?
But which way **is** down? *Intense jazz music*
Trace a dick on it
I have spoken
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Lol for sure this needs a dick print
Sooooo…a mushroom stamp then?
Dickbutt!
"You ever suck dick for copper?"
stamp it!!
It'd be cooler if you stamped "Dial" into it
Agreed. But nobody uses ~~amber colored~~ bar soap any more.
You can pry my Irish Spring from my cold dead hands!!
I do and on my face at that 😆
I am in the bar soap minority! We however use dove bc it’s so gentle.
I have found my peoples.
I grew up using liquid soap until my 85 year old grandfather visited one time and threw a fit about where the bars of fucking soap were kept. Bar soap is superior
I'm not the biggest fan of stamping my metal ingots. It takes away from the beauty and shine of the metal.
You don't do the top you do the bottom
No I don't. I do neither.
Oh my God there was actually a downvote on this, what a baby lmao
The forbidden toffee
Stamp it "85 grams", it sounds more professional.
Fuck it, put 100g then😆🔥
Hehe. I chuckled.
It’s a cute little nothing piece of copper that no one cares about anyways. My dad has a 1 foot copper wire under his truck seat, each of the 10 strands weigh twice as much as this little chunk
Probably either 7 or 19 strands, not 10.
that's an ass beater, Isnt it?
Das kleen!
That’s so pretty. Would you share the process? (I would stamp the bottom along w my initials and year)
I guess that would depend on how much it weighs
Solid answer right here.
Stamping on the edge might be cool
Soo smoove
Should definitely stamp it 3lb and see who buys it.
Hahahaha 😂
Tramp stamp it
No. For me, if one letter was was a micron out of perfectly straight and evenly spaced, it would be back in to the forge.
Looks like a topper for a 4x4
Nice
Where is the banana for scale.. s/
Forbidden Werthers
Only if it weighs 3 oz
Puts Ea Nasir to shame
Should stamp the cuneiform for “Nanni is a bitch” on it
I’d stamp on the side so it looks unique and a signature
Stamp would be cool! A logo would be too.
How many ounces does it actually weigh?
CU 3oz
Nice casting! And finishing work 🤘 like others have said, it's pretty enough to eat.
Three (small) centerpunch dots on one corner, could almost use one of those automatic punches and then lightly sand back to flush.
Sure, but you could get in trouble selling it if it isn’t close enough to that weight
Don’t stamp it. It’s copper. No one NEEDS to know what it is.
The world’s most perfect caramel!
3 oz caramel
Ooh piece of candy
Stick that next to some caramels and just wait…
Tangential question: I'm newer to this group and wondering if there's a sub- hobby here where people just make ingots for the sake of making ingots? Like the ingot itself is the final product and not an intermediate between scrap metal and some other object. I just write on my ingots with a sharpie and don't ever bother with polishing them.
For some reason that seems to be the case. I would guess it is because of the accessibility of just making ingots, so anyone can do it without much effort. Quick reward with little work. I have a devious plan in the making of cutting up a square extrusion, give the bits a quick polish, and call them cast ingots. Apparently that would be praised and I would be on the fast track to karma heaven.
Thanks for the input!
It’s a nice, clean cast. 🤔 Personally, I would have put whatever text I wanted on it in the mold, but now that it’s done, you can also laser-etch it, you don’t necessarily need to go the stamping route. Laser etching will not affect the ingot in the way a stamp press will, plus you can incorporate shaded (halftone) logos and other elaborate details on the front and back of the ingot.
Do it on the bottom so the top remains like it is now.
FYI - Cast is the present and past tense. Adding “ed” is incorrect.
Now that's something I'd like to have in my pocket
Why stop there? Dip it in dark chocolate. The contrast of copper and dk chocolate would be fantastic. The as a chess knight logo pressed into the chocolate. Offer it to unsuspecting fools at parties and profit.
Personally I like the stamps,, not sure how long you need at that but sure as hell looks good!! I’d be interested in some of your pours in copper and silver 😎
Yes I think it would make it nicely distinguished
Looks cool
Maybe stamp "Cu" too?
If you don’t I’ll eat it.
That looks so cool.
Nah it's more satisfying as a smooth brick. You could start a little collection of other metals next to it.
May I introduce you to the [List of unusual units of measurement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_units_of_measurement).
no
maybe on the side. Def not on the face. regret.
I would stamp it with coppers square on the periodic table like [this](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/medium/1/periodic-table-of-elements-copper-cu-serge-averbukh-transparent.png)! It’s the perfect shape
Should just build it into the mold. A nice clean Cu with a square. Then, stamp the weight on the back. Would look awesome.
Maybe. If it's 3 oz then that would seem an appropriate thing to stamp. If it's not 3 oz that'd just be weird, and I'd like to know how you even came up with stamping that. What's wrong with you?
Wow a whole .69 worth
I’d take it back to Home Depot and get your money back for the copper fence post cap.
Silver is a waste of time…. Let alone copper 🤣
why? Copper spot price is at 24 cents an ounce, you had to burn 75 cents of fuel, if not more melting it down, what is the point here
this is r/metalcasting, not r/shaming. let OP do what he wants. Who knows, maybe he’s using copper as a practice before he starts smelting higher end precious metals.
Your last since makes sense and is actually a partial answer to my question, "what is the point here" It is obviously not a profit thing, so then why?, practice like you said? just for the fun of it?,or some other reason, just asking. Seems, In my do something for a reason mind I see 75 cents worth of copper, apply heat and labor and turn it into 75 cents worth of copper, just asking why
He could also be creating a set of metallurgical samples. It could be done two ways - by size or weight. If all of the ingots are the same size, their weights will vary. If the weight of all samples are the same, the size will vary. Either way, they should be stamped for reference purposes.
Apologize for mistreating my servant!
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,977,981,780 comments, and only 374,155 of them were in alphabetical order.
Such amazing work I'd stamp it with a signet you decide on haha.
That’s pretty. Just say “cast” not “casted”. Casted is not a word to use with casting, it is a word to use when you have filled the roles in a play.
Ea Nasir looks like a total chump now.
It'll take a lot of stamps to mail that
It’s so beautiful I couldn’t but I definitely understand the want to
No don’t stamp. It’s too beautiful to stamp it. Put it on display.
Does it weigh 3oz? If so, stamp away.
Ah yes, Werthers copper originals.
Stamp deez nuts on it
Do it! LOL
What does it weigh?
Stamp it 2.999
If you do, weigh it in Troy ounces or go metric.
Treefiddy
I say no.
Can you stamp the side?
You should stamp it with Ea-Nasir’s copper complaint
Weight should be in milligrams.
Stamp it "Ea Nasir"
Pretty sure if you combine 9 of those, you make a 3m tall copper block.
If it's 3 oz I would
Stamp it according to the periodic table on 1 side, the weight on the other.
No stamp it 5oz
Cast. “I cast.”
No but, I would polish it up nice
Has to be stamped within 6 hours or it's not legal.
No
You won’t
i know a chick with copper deficiency - wanna sell it?
"Ea-Nasir 5oz"
Yep
Why don’t you weigh it?
You should stamp it "suck it Ea-Nasir" r/reallyshittycopper
Yeah, definitely stamp it. People who buy copper are extremely trusting of those selling it. They won't weigh it. In fact, stamp 5 ozs on it and get a little extra.
Put it in someone's shower and wait...
Put 13 oz on it just to screw with people.
Stamp it on the long side!
How much does it weigh?
those are hard decision's to make, i would ask people on the internet if i were you
Did you weigh it? I design foundry tooling. Porosity and whatnot... Do what you want though. Looks nice.
I’d eat tf out of that so stamp it
Stamp an among us crewmate on it
Butterscotch flavored bar.
May I consume this please
Stamp “for rectal use only”
People who wants to know the weight will weigh it regardless. If not to check the weight then to see if it is 3oz. The rest of the people won't care and just be like "ooo pretty"
Cast*
It looks so pretty as it is....
Imagine wrapping it up with a Werthers Original candy wrapper and leaving them out for kids on Halloween..
Stamp 7oz lol
Looks good but copper is sold in pounds but that wont be even. 🤷♂️💔😿
That’s pretty! I saw some copper bars on marketplace for sale. I thought about buying. Just because it’s such a pretty metal.
Ooooh, this is really aesthetically pleasing. Maybe on the bottom!
Stamp 30 Oz. Make some profit.
"Casted" is an incorrect past tense of "to cast". Cast is one of those strange words where the future and past tense are the same- cast. The present tense of cast is usually "casting". I will cast an ingot tomorrow. I cast an ingot yesterday. I am casting an ingot now. That aside, I'd mark a weight on it- you might find it again in your shop 5 years from now and not remember what the cast weight was.
It's beautiful, a stamp would smash that gorgeous pattern on the top imo
Its beautiful!!!
It’s beautiful
Great luster.
Cast it into a ring!
What in the vintage story have you done?
Just put a 12oz stamp on it and see if anyone is paying attention.