Gas Checks hobby/small buisness.

[Colt .45]

Well I bought myself a .30 cal freechex and almost payed for it, the arbor press and the aluminum in a week's worth of selling the darn things( with a good number of hours sitting in the garage stamping..). That got me to thinking about making a small bit of extra money on the side by stamping checks out for those who do not have GC makers, Yes I know I could be in the wrong forums right now.
I am still waiting on feedback from the sale, however Googling around does not bring up any real bad feedback over the freechex Checks.


All pricing would be set close to or matching the price of Gators, however with all shipping / PP fees included like my recent July 1 - 4 sale (Because who likes 8$ worth of shipping for a 19$ product?).

Given this ball park field pricing, and the list of poll calibers ( feel free to say ones not listed) vote for calibers you would be interested in buying, note for the time being this is all made from .010 Aluminum.

Any other thoughts and criticisms welcome.

( I am still currently looking for a local source of sheet copper priced fairly enough to make copper checks viable)


-- Link to current GC Sale in .44 .30 and .22 --

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...614#post948614

[GabbyM]

Would there be any export issues from Canada to USA? I'm assuming checks would be classified as a bullet. Don't want to rain on your parade but governments can make it hard to make a dime.

[Colt .45]

I'd doubt it, If you can ship brass over the border you can ship stamped peices of aluminum. Of course if there is a problem them I could be in trouble as I just finished mailing >10K GC's to the USA.

I have been labeling all GC's sold as 'Aluminum Stamped Products'.

[blaser.306]

sorry to "rain" on your parade but you cannot ship brass across the border ! My life would be much simpler if that was the case . I also live in Canuckistan!!

[Blammer]

hmm, I better stop sending them Brass disks to Canada then. Have to call them something else.

call them alum disks and you should have no problem with the shipping.

[JeffinNZ]

Rivet components is better.

Hell, I am the man who ships beer from NZ to Alaska delcared at "malt, barley extract". Get's there EVERY time.

[Colt .45]

sorry to "rain" on your parade but you cannot ship brass across the border ! My life would be much simpler if that was the case . I also live in Canuckistan!!

azshtr shipped me 9mm brass. i called CBSA and they said it was fine to ship it over the border. azshtr also called the border services in his state and they also said it was fine, there are SOME states that don't let commercial buisness ship to canada ( IDAHO).

Even primed brass can be shipped over the border according to CBSA.

[blaser.306]

Good to hear , perhaps I was miss informed !

[Colt .45]

ok well due to monetary constraints it looks like I will only be able to buy the dies about two at a time and many of these will have to be custom made. ( Its looking like I will be getting .44 mag and .458 rifle next)

[edsmith]

buy yourself a small lathe, and make your own check makers, it would more than pay for its self. I can make a freechex lll type check maker in about 2 hours on my mini-lathe.

[thx997303]

Then how bout makin me a 45 rifle one?

[Colt .45]

buy yourself a small lathe, and make your own check makers, it would more than pay for its self. I can make a freechex lll type check maker in about 2 hours on my mini-lathe.

What about hardening costs for the metal after it as been turned to spec?

I ask because a local store has a mini lathe marked down from 999 to 599 for the week...

[edsmith]

use water hardening steel,heat with a torch,it don't take much with such small chuncks of steel

[jmsj]

edsmith,
what about using cold roll (1018) and case hardening with kasenite?

[Colt .45]

Ok well thanks to all those who voted .22 and .44. They are currently making their way to my house . For those who voted .45, yes it is a superior caliber... .. which is why there were no dies available

[edsmith]

jsmj , kasenite should work , I make my check makers out of 1018 and I don't harden them, so far they work just fine. I have punched over 2 thousand .357s and it is still working just fine. if you were to punch a lot, it would be best to harden the maker.

[Colt .45]

I will look into the process on future GC makers, and I would definitely need it hardened. my month old .30 cal freechex has already plugged over 20,000 checks...

[highscore]

Use oil hardening material. Same process sort of , heat it up until it turns red and throw it into the oil. Do a search for suitable oil. Water hardening material may warp too much and then there's the cracking issue!

[mrbill2]

Hardened steel alone becomes brittle and will brake or chip if not tempered after the hardening process. Do a Google search on steel tempering to learn more. Here is just one result of the search I found. http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/heat1.htm

[Colt .45]

seems like the next peices im going to go for will be .35, .45 (pistol and rifle, or a universal), and .32 (8mm). The 8mm because I just got an 8mm mauser.