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Copper variant of the purple prototype.
This is my latest piece and probably my favorite. Two pieces machined out of solid aluminum and then powder coated black. The lid is held on by four powerful neodymium magnets.
This is what the raw aluminum looks like before machining. Pen for scale, no bananas around :P.
Two body pieces after machining but before painting and accent work.
This is the completed prototype, painted "snowmobile purple".
Early work on that prototype showing the magnet lid. I only had two on the prototype. Now there are four so the lid is much more secure.
Unpainted version of the deck boxes.
I ended up calling them my stronghold since the boxes are amusingly heavy even for aluminum.
dekket
Stop, I can only get so erect.
Frysicle
Soooo it's a deck in a box.
itchyanditchy
Holy chit I want the punisher looking one. They are all awesome though. Nice job.
Muttons1337
An inch thick of aluminum is as heavy as I'm assuming a lot of metal is.
AlumGeek089
The box weighs about 2lbs with no cards in it.
ProphetOfPhil
@op Do these have enough room to store fully sleeved commander decks (100 cards)?
AlumGeek089
These are built to house a standard 60 card deck plus 15 card sideboard. I have thought about making a commander one!
ProphetOfPhil
Please do! Myself and my friends solely play commander and these deck boxes look great!
tldr69
So many questions! Is this made using CNC or by hand? Are these hobbyist tools or a professional shop? Show us more please
AlumGeek089
Sure! These are CNC made but all the painting, coating is done by hand. They are professional tools. Check @alumgeek (instagram) for more
AlumGeek089
I will definitely be posting more tomorrow though so check back then! I have some videos of the machines actually working :).
SleepsWithVibroblades
How small of an end mill did you use for those hexagonal pockets? I've seen them get down to .040"
AlumGeek089
I use a .031" endmill and hit the corners with a .015" to finish!
Percevaus
Looks awesome, might be an interesting idea to experiment with a small lip to make it extra secure.
DownVoteVerifier
I feel like since its called 'Stronghold' and wont rust,might as well add a rubber seal to no water gets in! ;D
DownVoteVerifier
So*
AlumGeek089
You are so right and the one im working on now is a more traditional standing box with a gasket seal! Are you in my head? :)
Percevaus
I might have to wait for that one, there's a bill being looked at to raise us essential workers pay so I might actually have enough
mikeatike
This goes in my fetish folder.
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
mikeatike
Wait wtf, you made machines nes and sega carts that actually work?
mikeatike
Why is THAT not on FP instead of this? Imgur you so silly.
AlumGeek089
Yes I did and still am!
Frankasti
Billet deck box. Not optimal but so much cooler.
111ChenNick1911
Why not use 3D printer?
AlwaysDownvoteDots
Because a 3D printer can't mill aluminum?
valen00
Hey OP, key the lid and base together even just a little and it'll be way more secure with no real costs. For added cool you could include/
valen00
an O-Ring to "seal" them. It wouldn't do much with just a magnet sealing them but it'd keep the spiders out.
Magus25
If someone showed up for a game with a custom milled deck box I would just put my shit away and call it a loss.
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
Magus25
Sweet. Any thoughts on doing D&D dice boxes? They wouldn't sell as well.
Magus25
Would * sorry autocorrect got me.
PecosBill
It's the online pvp equivalent of facing a player wearing nothing but a loincloth.
Magus25
Or matching against an opposing team that has some type of theme (names or icons matching). It's game over man.
IGotTheLastUsername
These are dank but you can make them way less chonky and they'll still be solid.
ficklampa
Damn, these are some sexy cases
westsidewizard
Where to buy?
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
Sunil227
i like your efforts on the face detailing as you circle out with an endmill from the magnet holes. What did facemilling look like?
AlumGeek089
Really silly looking on our cam software. Esprit is really good about letting you play with the tools paths themselves.
beezzarro
Oh my God, did you mill out that cavity from a solid block??? I like what you've done, but I sure as hell can't condone it
shabadoo8
If it's any help, I'm pretty sure he recycled the shavings. I can't assume throwing away the shavings is good for business.
AlumGeek089
Actually most high end pieces are machined from solid billet. I do it all day! Mountains of chips.
textilelover
Do those chips get reused? Please tell me they are used for something.
getguds
Many magic the gathering players ask the question, will the professor review these deck boxes? because he should they're great!
PunkFloyd
Was gonna say the same thing.
AlumGeek089
Enough people have told me so I will be contacting him!
getguds
get a good grade and you can get some commissions good luck!
HoshiBeans
Send one to the Professor!!!!
HollySkull739
Love these. Thats some talent right there.
AfterLafter
But can it fit a double sleeved edh deck, if so Ill throw money at you in order to aquire one thanks!
AlumGeek089
I am open to commissions. The box can be made larger fairly easily. It is for a standard 60 card deck + 15 card sideboard normally.
AfterLafter
I may very well follow up with you on that for my Chandra tribal pioneer deck thanks for responding
broilandboulder
dope. you play mtgo? I can’t stomach the price of goodstuff in paper.
AlumGeek089
Yes! I play MTGO, arena, and in paper actually
Logwarrior999
Send me your link. I want to purchase one.
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
Logwarrior999
I'll hop over now. Thanks
NIA666
Is that you AvE? Your mill and vice sure Luke similar.
AlumGeek089
I am not! Kurt vises and Haas machines are really common though!
yeah222
My step son is very into this magic thing do you sell any of these by chance?
starrs3
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Jagertron
Asking the real questions
Thetawaver
Pretty interested about that too.
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
kidred2001
You are the man! I would love to get some custom boxes for my edh decks!
AlumGeek089
I am wide open for commissions at the moment if you are interested. let me know!
kidred2001
I am but based on the Etsy price I see I may need to save up a bit.
WriteDayAndNightLikeYoureRunningOutOfTime
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bmbas1Player
. I would love one for my main commander deck.
Orc6000
I, too, am interested in this.
Grenholt
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DoYouWantAntsBecauseThatsHowYouGetAnts
I, too, would be interested
JamesIsABitch
Interested!
introsp3ctive
Also interested. Been playing magic off and on for most of my life.
brimstoneandfire
Hear! Hear!
dunkinduck
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LeonRennard
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da1227
My husband might like one, I'd buy!
Standaloneghost
Same
Pr1meKn1ght
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cheeseburger
Id also like to buy one soon please
elreeneey
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MathewCorbett
Me as well lol
Ithoughtdogslaideggs
Would be a great gift for my bf
everyzooisapettingzoounlessyourealittlebitch
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NZboi
This whole time I thought people were talking about buying one single card, not the box. God I’m dumb.
Percevaus
The most a single card has sold for is 166,000
NZboi
Was that the black lotus or what ever? I used to play MTG years ago
Percevaus
Yes, it was near mint
cobaltpyramid3561337
I too am interested in at least one of these... Breya and Saheeli both would like them.
Percevaus
Teysa for me.
cobaltpyramid3561337
the question is.... which teysa?
Percevaus
Karlov
cobaltpyramid3561337
Not a bad choice, but I've always loved Orzhov Scion more. But as my friends claim, i'm a combo whore.
theawesomehobbit
If he starts to sell these , then he should look into casting. As mentioned before, in larger quantities, casting becomes cheaper.
Aaronb1138
He's selling them as boutique collectibles for $300. Not sure he cares about blowing through $40 of billet since he already has the workflow
EvilKrikkit
1) Very nice. 2) Jesus, that's a lot of wasted aluminum. You need to get into castings.
Peanutmm
Cast aluminum is more brittle and won't have the same finish though
Strostkovy
Someone else can cast my chips
OmnibusLatinName
Cash me out. :)
albers1345
Or just recycle
OmnibusLatinName
The trick is getting clean Al chips out of the machine. If you cut w/o coolant in a machine dedicated to Al, not so bad.
AlumGeek089
We always recycle our aluminum!
AlumGeek089
At quantity heck yes you are right! At low volume straight machining is easy and affordable.
theeKittyWizard
Naming my first kid Phyrexian this September when I'm due <3 nerd on !
textilelover
It's a cool name but that poor kid. Really, think about how your kid is going to have to deal with that. Middle name.
dekket
And one can recycle aluminium with relative ease. Steel, not so easy.
AlumGeek089
We always recycle our aluminum!
Malus333
Well you can just depends on how big a power bill you want. Source: i work in a steel mill melt shop
SDev0
How much?
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
IThinkIPreferToStayInside
Do you sell them?
AlumGeek089
Follow me @alumgeek on instagram for when products go live. Visit my site Billetgeeks.com where I will be linking the store. Thank you!
spasquini
You can design the six sides as flat machining and save a lot of alluminum.
AlumGeek089
Yes, some of the work we do is like this primarily because they are much bigger. I have a job right now out of 6x7x13 full billet! Hugeeee.
thatsecondweirdguy
Time to learn joinery!
TheDreadedGinger
"Easy and affordable" says someone with access to a CNC mill!
o4kill
Oh I thought these were manually milled.
AlumGeek089
It generally wouldn't be possible to machine the details in a standard manual mill since the end mills are so small the RPM has to be high.
Thachinatown
I mean, you can purchase hobby grade CNC that can handle aluminum for not too much... but yeah a full CNCfor "fun" is makes me jealous