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<p>[QUOTE="NeonBlurb, post: 2200448, member: 74855"]It really would be fun to walk into somebody's coin shop and squish a coin on a fly press (which is the type of press being used in OdedPaz's video) Although, I think the shop's insurance agent would be coming unglued if anyone was allowed access to the press.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trey, you could probably source a substantial enough fly press on Craig's List for less than two grand. Just gotta find the right listing. </p><p><br /></p><p>You would have to limit the diameter of the coins you wanted to make, probably to less than 22mm. And use really soft planchettes. Maybe pure tin? Or, if you used pure indium you could strike coins the size of dinner plates <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then, once again, it all comes back to having the dies machined. If it were me, I would probably find a machine shop set up to do sinker EDM (electrical discharge machining).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NeonBlurb, post: 2200448, member: 74855"]It really would be fun to walk into somebody's coin shop and squish a coin on a fly press (which is the type of press being used in OdedPaz's video) Although, I think the shop's insurance agent would be coming unglued if anyone was allowed access to the press. Trey, you could probably source a substantial enough fly press on Craig's List for less than two grand. Just gotta find the right listing. You would have to limit the diameter of the coins you wanted to make, probably to less than 22mm. And use really soft planchettes. Maybe pure tin? Or, if you used pure indium you could strike coins the size of dinner plates :-) Then, once again, it all comes back to having the dies machined. If it were me, I would probably find a machine shop set up to do sinker EDM (electrical discharge machining).[/QUOTE]
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