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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DimeMonster, post: 1361413, member: 35944&quot;]I posted this on another forum but I&#039;ll post it here for those guys that didn&#039;t see it!! :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>I was inspired by a post of a hotel floor made with pennies. I decided it would be cool to </p><p>make a craft project with pennies. I came up with an idea of making an American flag </p><p>with pennies and I used the dimes as stars. The flag contains 2622 pennies and 50 </p><p>dimes. I got 3 $25 boxes of pennies to make the flag. The hardest thing about the </p><p>project was finding the bright red lincolns. During the search through 150 rolls, I found 2 </p><p>dimes, 17 wheat backs (1 of them was from 1910 and the rest were from the 40&#039;s and </p><p>50&#039;s), 7 Canadian cents and 1 panama cent.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>How I made it!!</b></p><p>I measured the pennies and decided that I wanted to do 3 rows per strip so I would </p><p>need 39 rows. I cut a 3/8&quot; piece of plywood to 26.5&quot; by 48&quot;. I used amazing goop </p><p>household adhesive to glue every penny down. During the process I learned I could only </p><p>glue about 3 rows down at a time or the penny&#039;s would move when I pushed them into </p><p>place. The process isn&#039;t as time consuming as one would think. I could do 3 rows in </p><p>about 20 minutes. To make the frame I bought some 3/4&quot; x 3&quot; x 8&#039; oak. I used the table </p><p>saw to rip a grove in it so the flag would sit flush with the plywood. I was going to add </p><p>glass to the frame but I really didn&#039;t like the way it looked so I took the glass back out. </p><p>To preserve the pennies I sprayed the whole thing with a clear coat finish (matte finish). </p><p>After it dried you could even tell I sprayed it. I did test the clear coat before I sprayed </p><p>the whole thing to make sure it wouldn&#039;t do something weird. I used (6) metal brackets </p><p>to secure the frame to the plywood. I used a 200 lbs bracket to hang the flag on the </p><p>wall. The flag is hanging by the plywood back and not the oak frame. I thought the flag </p><p>may be too heavy for the frame to support.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>So what it cost!!</b></p><p>Plywood......$10</p><p>Frame.........$25</p><p>Spray...........$5</p><p>Adhesive.....$10</p><p>Hanger...,....$15</p><p>Coins..........$31.22</p><p>Total...........$96.22</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall I am very happy with the flag and I have already started a new bigger flag with an </p><p>added twist. I am going to do a 3&#039; by 5&#039; flag but I am going to make the stars out of </p><p>each state quarter that the star represents!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff301/schatzyjrebay/NGC%20Fourm/002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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