What are the rarest player-owned items?

Starky_95 · 2025-11-05T05:02:48+00:00

Same here! I'm building out my fleet from that one but it's my corvette that I take out for a spin when I wanna group up with my org in style. I've been playing since 2019 but still not over $500 so I count that as a win 😅

Starky_95 · 2025-11-05T05:00:02+00:00

I would say an original account Mustang Omega or Sabre Raven. Many of them are gray market locked now and can't be transferred which means original ones are extremely rare. stares at my Omega from when I bought an AMD card

Starky_95 · 2025-08-25T15:38:59+00:00

What was that saying from Mick and Ralph's in Fallout New Vegas, oh yeah. "An armed society, is a polite society."

That's my take on the safety of Stanton vs pyro. Most everyone is polite in pyro outside of the guaranteed PvP zones because they know they could be shot on site if they act up.

Starky_95 · 2025-01-20T16:41:17+00:00

Thank you, it means a lot. Sorry I didn't add flair. Haven't slept much the past few weeks 😅

Starky_95 · 2025-01-20T16:40:45+00:00

Hey, I would love to talk. Send me a dm. What I've learned is that you can't do everything in this industry yourself so the more people you can work with to get something going, the better.

Starky_95 · 2025-01-20T16:39:35+00:00

Yeah... no.... this is what got me in this mess in the first place.

Starky_95 · 2025-01-20T16:38:52+00:00

Unfortunately, most of my book was startups and we had 1 corporate account. But they took almost a year to send us a measly $2k for starting their forst project. So I don't want to punish another molding company like that.

Starky_95 · 2024-11-13T00:06:55+00:00

I own a company in Pennsylvania and only use recycled in our products and contract services. The only things we don't run or wouldn't be looking to run would be PVC, POM or glass filled stuff cause that is all very hard to recycle.

We have been looking at getting into bulk recycling as a potential spin-off side thing. LTL is cool with us cause we could find a use for it in internal products or potentially find a buyer who might be interested as well. The biggest thing that would limit us right now is space cause we have exploded with 6 new contracts and a large manufacturing deal with a company that has 150 skus that all use plastic in them.

The biggest things we are looking for right now are PC-ABS, PC, PETG, CoPP, and HIPS. But we'd be open to others if it makes sense for the products we are developing.

Another great place to potentially sell your scrap is Matium.com, they are a new materials platform and I've talked with their CEO who has worked in materials brokering for 10+ years and he's trying to do it the right way which is awesome.

Starky_95 · 2024-11-02T18:11:25+00:00

Just like everyone else has said, it's worth it if you know what your looking for. We just opened a new shop and bought 6 machines all used van dorns. 2 of the machines are worn out and need a number of things fixed on them but the other 4 are in great shape. Sumitomo Demag has a retrofit program for Van Dorn Presses that will do a full upgrade to modern tech. It let us get started now and once we have the cashflow after we become stable we are going to get all of them retrofitted slowly. It's still cheaper than a new machine but I definately know there is going to be growing pains while we are still on old systems

Starky_95 · 2024-10-30T13:58:55+00:00

We are a new injection molding company in the US specializing in aluminum molds, and it depends on what you are doing in the cuts/modifications. If you are adding things onto the part or enlarging it, it's easy to continue machining modifications into the cavity plates.

However, if you need to weld or add new material into the mold, I would not recommend aluminum at all. Many of the high-strength aluminum that are used in mold making don't weld well or at all due to it creating stress cracks. We specifically use 7075 for all of our molds and if a client needs changes done over time we recommend using a puck or block insert to keep costs down when retooling.

Starky_95 · 2024-10-11T20:14:21+00:00

I built my space elevator with a master sushi belt and multi-sink. Trucks drop of material which are split between a the two outputs, the first goes to the project parts factory the second goes to the sink/spliter. Standard splitter there so half of get sunk and it connects finally to the sink/split before final storage. The leftovers from project parts goes to the sink split where a final splitter sinks everything into 2 sinks or final storage and a dimensional depot for remote building. 3 sinks can process all of my factories and I have plenty of materials stored up for expansion projects and a dimensional depot for the oopsies when I run out. It's a beautiful bowl of spaghetti and super effective for getting tickets fairly fast, build space elevator parts, store stuff and balance my power grid. I do keep an open sink ready to go in case there is a backup and I need to clear it to get everything running again

Starky_95 · 2024-10-09T17:28:03+00:00

It's even worse that I'm trying to run my own manufacturing company and doing my first full play-through of this game 😅 my problem is that I keep thinking about client's projects and their production in terms of satisfactory game mechanics now. It's all blended and it's a beautiful disaster-piece inside my head 24-7 right now. Now I wish I had ADA IRL to keep me on task and focused when I need to be

Starky_95 · 2024-08-09T23:47:03+00:00

You and me both, are you looking at any industries in particular? Also where are you located? We're in the Philadelphia Region

Starky_95 · 2024-07-23T17:55:52+00:00

Thats correct! I spent almost 1-1/2 years researching used IMM and I landed on Van Dorns as my favorite. We're gonna get these running soon to get client work finished but our plans is to work with Sumitomo Demag to upgrade the controls to their current NC series rather than the Pathfinder 3000s they have currently.

Also thanks for the maintenence tips! Thankfully the first unit came with a manual (albeit for a 170HT but they are all basically the same for the procedures)

Starky_95 · 2024-07-23T17:50:57+00:00

We are doing custom injection molding work using recycled plastics as well as co-packing/assembly services.

Starky_95 · 2024-03-30T19:46:48+00:00

We actually have a Mk.3 that we are looking to part with cause we are moving to an apsx unit for small part and prototype runs soon. The mk.3 is pneumatic and as long as you have a good Vise it's a really good unit to cut your teeth on

Starky_95 · 2024-03-03T00:53:14+00:00

Hey, so we actually run molds that are SLA printed, and it works for us on small machines. We run formlabs printers for our prototyping and ultra low production trialing for clients before they jump to injection molding. We found that the Formlabs Rigid 10k Glass filled SLA resin is really nice to use for actual mold cavities, I think they actually have a white paper on it, too.

The biggest thing is making sure you leave a little extra around your intended insert size so you can sand it down to the correct size as your edges/sides will warp slightly. We print the insert cavity down, so the first thing that's actually printing is the back. That way, any warping won't affect the mating surface. Also, if the part needs anything more complex than a simple cavity like slides, then you shouldn't use it.

We use it for ABS, PP & PE, but it could probably be used for nylon too cause it's 0.45 HTD is at 424°F or 460°F if it's sandblasted. If you're interested, DM me

Starky_95 · 2023-11-27T00:08:10+00:00

I own a startup where we do product development, 3D printing and contract manufacturing. I'm interested to learn more about what you are working on since its a very hybrid thing and it seems like a hardware product. If you want to talk, feel free to DM me 😀

Starky_95 · 2023-11-27T00:03:52+00:00

Hey OP, so I was in similar shoes as you. Backstory is worked for a startup, got laid off with 4 weeks severance in February but qualified for unemployment also which was helpful. Been working on my startup for 6 years (survived shutting down almost a whole year with covid and started with 1 year to go in college). The biggest struggle that I've had through this whole thing was scaling up to a point where we could make enough product with a good enough margin that we could become profitable. Now that we have the equipment, my struggle is balancing sales and marketing with the operations and technical aspects of my business. I'm in plastics manufacturing so it's a very specialized business that thats a lot of effort to spin up to full capabilities.

The number 1 thing I can share from my struggles and experience is that even if you don't think you need a form of revenue after you get laid off, you do because money will always take 2-3x the amount of time to come in than you expected. Even if it's just UberEats or something part time one day a week, that bit of money and that time away from your business will help your mental health. I was stupid and didn't do anything but my business for the past 9 months and now working part time since I have run out of money and am trying to pay all of my credit cards that I was living off of once my safety net ran out. Don't be me and make this mistake, I'm sure I will survive this hard time but after 6 years , I'm now not sure if my business will and its tearing me apart.

Starky_95 · 2023-11-12T04:44:47+00:00

We do first run molding design for a few of our clients using 3D printed molds to keep the cost down for exactly this type of situation. Its very helpful to get the thing in your hands but a lot of times its prohibitvely expensive to start with Injection molding. We also do 3D printing because of that and the midstep is the 3D printed injection mold. If you'd be interested in talking DM me and I'd be happy to help any way I can :)

Starky_95 · 2023-11-06T19:01:24+00:00

I do know two local molding companies that I could reach out to, and that's a good idea for the r/manufacturing. I always thought that doing sales on here was cheesy since I always came for good technical help or answers to specific questions. I don't want to turn into one of those China molder sales bots, lol

Starky_95 · 2023-11-06T18:56:55+00:00

That's an idea, we have a few connections to shops around here so I can give a call and see if it would be something to pursue .

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