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Toot said:I have always wanted to be able to say that!
Toot said:I'm thinking the first thing to do is start doing large runs of "easy" cap designs. Things like "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Birthday". You could sell those all day long. Also, things like "Barleywine" and "High Gravity"- things for beers that will age for a long time. That way people get the most use out of their caps, ya know? They get to look at them purty things for a long time before cracking them open.
I would easily pay $5 for a batchload of caps (about 50... so about a dime a piece), but I'm not sure that I'd be willing to pay shipping to ONLY by the caps. In otherwords, I'd be far more inclined to buy these caps from a HBS (internet or local) than from a third party- no offense to you, I'm just saying shipping could be a deal breaker just for this item, but if I was already buying other stuff, I could see throwing these in.
As for truly custom orders, one off batches, I would love that! Would gladly pay about twice as much for a truly custom cap in low quantities. The shipping issue still applies though...
ayrton said:The machine was hard to fix, but fixing the shark whose head the laser is attached to was even harder.
joshpooh said:This thread brings up a point about how to distinguish different brews. My method is buying overrun caps and using a different overrun for each brew. sometimes this method doesn't work because I brew too many different styles and don't have enough different caps, but it works most of the time. Most of the time by the ones with the same cap condition the old ones with that cap are already gone.
joshpooh said:This thread brings up a point about how to distinguish different brews. My method is buying overrun caps and using a different overrun for each brew. sometimes this method doesn't work because I brew too many different styles and don't have enough different caps, but it works most of the time. Most of the time by the ones with the same cap condition the old ones with that cap are already gone.
Brewpastor said:Cool idea. Would this work on glass, as in drinking glasses or growlers?
I don't like you...ayrton said:We have a laser etching machine where I work, and they're always looking for new things to try to "burn." I thought bottle caps would be a good idea:
I can crank out a batch's worth in about five minutes.
BierMuncher said:I don't like you...
ayrton said:Join the club! We have t-shirts.
Oh, and laser-engraved bottle caps.
ayrton said:Nope! My boss is in California right now, and he's doing the pricing. I'm just a software developer, so I don't really deal with anything on that side unless he brings it up. The website is being created as we speak. As soon as I have some figures (or at least a site to which I can point you), I'll let you know.
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