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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5323689, member: 112"]Yes it does, you just can't see it because it's happening so fast. And because you don't know where to look. This is about the best pic, a still shot, of the minting press working. [ATTACH=full]1224993[/ATTACH] What you're looking at there is the hydraulic piston that holds and drives the hammer die. You can see the base of the hammer die (it's round) behind that long bolt on the far left as it is driven back and forth. In the video, at 3:14, look beyond the bolt to see it, that's it. But like I said it's going so fast, about 700-900 strokes per minute, that you can't make out what's happening unless you know what to look for. You can't see it in the video, but the anvil die is contained within that large flat piece on the far left. But you can see the hole the hammer die is passing through repeatedly. You also can't see the planchet feed mechanism or the feed finger in that video as it's happening inside the part of the press out of view. Look at this picture, at the finished dies in the bottom right corner. [ATTACH=full]1224997[/ATTACH] See how big the round base of the die is ? Well, that's what you're seeing going back and forth in that video. If you could slow that video down enough you'd be able to actually see the smaller end, the actual working part of the die. But since it's moving at 12 strokes per second you'd need some sophisticated editing software to do that.[/QUOTE]