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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NeonBlurb, post: 2199650, member: 74855&quot;]Actually, a large part of the reason that rocker press can be so &quot;small and lightweight&quot; is because it isn&#039;t impressing the entire image all at once.&nbsp; It starts out impressing the image on one edge of the &quot;coin&quot; and then as the crank is turned and the dies rotate the image is progressively impressed towards the middle then to the other end.&nbsp; This means the press only has to generate enough force to move metal along a narrow band (the bit that is directly under the dies at the time) rather than across the whole face which is what happens in a standard vertical axis press.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you try to force two dies together to create the image across the whole coin all at once you will need much more (edit) force (edit).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, that rocker press is GORGEOUS!!&nbsp; Wish I had that in my shop!&nbsp; Thanks for posting Conder101![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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