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[–] 144 points 2 years ago (24 children)

Assuming that's about 5x5', and going by the price of the first tungsten cube found on Google, this would be worth about 15 million dollars. Decent prize of you could move 150,000lb.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Hmmm.

    So the real game show is getting value out of the prize.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Welcome to another exciting episode of CAN! YOU! FENCE THIS?!?!*

    Alright contestants, this week your prize is: 600 tons of wood chips! Whoever earns the most money selling your prize will be our lucky winner and move on to round 2.

    Reminds me of an impromptu back and forth prank a set of brothers used to pull on each other where they regifted each other a pair of hideous moleskin pants in increasingly elaborate ways.

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    [–] 55 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    2/10 Prize 8/10 Prize if delivery is included

    I can put it in the front yard, spray paint it gold, and start a neighborhood cult around The Cube.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Holy shit Tom is rich now! If he can move it though.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    How did they put it on the stage?

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They built the stage around the cube.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

    This could possibly be the worst possible prize. Raw tungsten isn’t actually that expensive. What’s expensive is working with it as it melts 3,410c (6,170f) isn’t very malleable and is heavy like really really heavy to move this block you will probably need larger equipment than standard industrial moving equipment, bigger trucks and loaders also you’ll need to get the city's permission to haul it on the roads , that alone is probably going to cost more than the cube is worth you will then have to pay a monthly storage fee until someone wants to buy it. Shouldn’t be that long right? It’s a valuable metal… well good luck finding a company that works with tungsten outside of china, and you absolutely can not ship it. But let’s assume you find someone who wants it(at a considerable discount) well now you have to higher the specialized movers again.

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    Actually I just did the math and plugged in all the known values I could find and assuming you could sell it within the first year you could probably make $700,000, so it would still be well worth it. But a lot of trouble.

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    Assuming that's a meter cubed it weighs 19 tons, or 65 tons for 1.5m³

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    NCD would probably be delighted to have something that can be turned into multiple rods from god

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    It's being teleported to your location as we speak. I hope you don't mind it would redesign a couple of floors below you.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    If I had one of those in my living room, my house would collapse.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I really wanted to use Tungsten as the base ballast for a custom narrowboat, for better headroom. Other than the cost you also have the problem of tungsten’s melting point being so high you can’t pour it into a boat hull without melting through.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    You also can't melt it in general outside of some high tech magnetic field induction chambers, as doing so would melt the furnace in most cases.

    Almost all industrial applications of tungsten involve electrochemistry or otherwise the mixing of fine tungsten dust.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd want to put this in front of the house. No one would steel it ever. lol

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Sounds like a Peter Molyneux game. "And if you click on the cube, you might win another cube"

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    God, I want to drop this thing from orbit on a populated city so much.

    Edit: Just as a prank tho.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I like how there's so many comments about the value of the cube, and no two comments have the same value.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Let’s say that cube is 4.5’ a side. That’s 91.125 cu ft. Tungsten weighs 1,201.738 lb/cu ft. Which means the cube weighs 109,508.38 lb.

    That’s an impressively sturdy floor.

    Currently, tungsten is selling at about $340 USD/ton.

    The block weighs 54.7542 tons.

    So this is indeed a decent prize at $18,616 USD.

    All you have to do to claim your prize is get it home.

    Edit: corrected to a less whelming but still difficult to transport prize thanks to chiliedogg.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    The cube is so heavy, it presses a hole into the floor.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Just imagine placing this in the front yard as an ornament and watching it sink into the ground from its weight.

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