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<p>[QUOTE="adelv_unegv, post: 201623, member: 7247"]It's my understanding that the "doubled-die" error occured (past tense) from multiple 'squeezes' of hub-to-die impressions. That is, the metal the die is made of work hardens too much to fully impress the design elements in one operation. The unfinished die must then be heated to soften the metal again (annealing) then it must be put back in the um, for lack of proper terminology, 'the squeezer.' The doubling, -- as I understand it -- comes from not having the die properly re-aligned for the second squeeze.</p><p><br /></p><p>hopefully someone will come around and give a better explaination of that error and how modern doubling errors occur with the 'single-squeeze' method.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="adelv_unegv, post: 201623, member: 7247"]It's my understanding that the "doubled-die" error occured (past tense) from multiple 'squeezes' of hub-to-die impressions. That is, the metal the die is made of work hardens too much to fully impress the design elements in one operation. The unfinished die must then be heated to soften the metal again (annealing) then it must be put back in the um, for lack of proper terminology, 'the squeezer.' The doubling, -- as I understand it -- comes from not having the die properly re-aligned for the second squeeze. hopefully someone will come around and give a better explaination of that error and how modern doubling errors occur with the 'single-squeeze' method.[/QUOTE]
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