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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brian F, post: 2481039, member: 80854&quot;]Bart Saxton was my co-conspirator. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; And thanks!&nbsp; I think everyone had a good time, we certainly enjoyed teaching the class, and we hope to be back next year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We had a total of six hours, split into two three-hour sessions.&nbsp; The first session was spent facing and polishing a die blank, laying out the design, and making and hardening a punch.&nbsp; By the end just about everyone had finished these tasks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next session was spent sinking the design, and striking tokens.&nbsp; With a complete set of punches and a prepared die blank, most students sank their die in about an hour, some faster, some slower.&nbsp; It depends on the complexity of the design, and how obsessive you are about punch placement.&nbsp; We then struck a bunch of tokens with each student&#039;s die in Aluminum, silver, and billon, using a die we had created for the other side.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Different Brian, though I certainly enjoy teaching!&nbsp; I taught the mini-seminar and worked in the mini-mint in the ANA museum all week. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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