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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 4098557, member: 77814"]when you take a piece of metal to a buffer (dependent upon the wheel material, speed, compounds, time etc) you end up pushing metal to one side in the direction of the wheel spin. The longer you hold it, the more you get. you'll also get significant surface streaks, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do metal and wood buffing & polishing. From time to time when I'm using my machine I have a bunch of really dirty money that I'll hold briefly to clean up and make nice and shiny. After all, I use it for money and don't like holding icky stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>one time I took a icky looking zincoln and held it there .. buffed right off a bunch of the copper plate. That was cool .. I just threw it away. Good thing too .. I'm sure it would have ended up on CT as a rare error question. Once in a while the machine will grab a coin and fling it the opposite direction against a concrete wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't do this very often but next time I'll have to remember to take before and after pictures. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 4098557, member: 77814"]when you take a piece of metal to a buffer (dependent upon the wheel material, speed, compounds, time etc) you end up pushing metal to one side in the direction of the wheel spin. The longer you hold it, the more you get. you'll also get significant surface streaks, etc. I do metal and wood buffing & polishing. From time to time when I'm using my machine I have a bunch of really dirty money that I'll hold briefly to clean up and make nice and shiny. After all, I use it for money and don't like holding icky stuff. one time I took a icky looking zincoln and held it there .. buffed right off a bunch of the copper plate. That was cool .. I just threw it away. Good thing too .. I'm sure it would have ended up on CT as a rare error question. Once in a while the machine will grab a coin and fling it the opposite direction against a concrete wall. I don't do this very often but next time I'll have to remember to take before and after pictures. :)[/QUOTE]
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