Quote Originally Posted by dejanh View Post
Actually that's the issue as well...there is no full nickel-plated version. They all have exposed copper base, unless you go .925 silver, which is incredibly overpriced. I can get .9999 silver 1oz ingots for ~$20 CAD here and I cannot see machining and all costing approx. €100 (~$150 CAD) extra.
if you think a base is that easy then make one with a silver ingot.

The machine time required is a lot.

The pins are micro pins.. there machined really nice.

The only downside i see with the block is its not compression fitting friendly.