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Go to all that work and then get found out by using shitty spray paint.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It is.

They screwed up making them look like machine parts. They should have made them look like tooling. Tungsten carbide cutting tools and inserts are almost the same density as gold. They are frequently coated in titanium nitride, which is gold-colored.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'll try next time when I smuggle my gold.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

This guy smuggles gold

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Finally, an end mill that won't break!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

A shipping crate gets mislabeled. A box of "tungsten carbide" drill bits gets routed to a warehouse, then distributed out to various Harbor Freight locations.

People buy them, and they get dull and break upon use, and the people throw them out and swear they'll never buy Harbor Freight junk again.