Originally Posted by
JonB_in_Glencoe
Well, not really true, unless you factor in labor time $
As for the number of GCs I can cut from a 4x40 roll, if I am careful, I can cut 3 per inch (9 per sq in). The leftover strips from my testing yesterday, I wasn't real careful, and just measuring them now, it's about 2.8 per inch.
doing the math, I come up with 1250 GCs per $10 roll if I continue at 2.8 per inch.
If I get the routine down, and achieve 3 per inch, that's be 1440 GCs per $10 roll.
Mostly, I'm not crazy about making GCs, and I have bought plenty of GCs from Sages in other calibers. But, since I have the tooling for the capability, I want some Cu laying around. Now that you mention Brass shim stock, that's something I hadn't heard of until recently, it's something I may look into.