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Message:: [QUOTE="Tom Maringer, post: 2706644, member: 7033"]Yes Blissskr! That's the video. I realize that it's slow compared to the most modern presses... but it is BLAZING fast for us! There is SO much to learn here! Fortunately there was a large box of broken and worn-out parts that helped us to understand what can go wrong. (so we don't do that!). Also cool to see what it was used for in the past, based on the configuration of the blank-feeding arms. (quarters, halves, and small rectangular ingots.) After years of making coins using general-purpose presses, it is really quite incredible to be using a press specifically designed and built just for making coins. The intricacy of the design is mystifying. I can only conclude that it is the result of generations of coiners and machine builders going back and forth by trial and error, collaborating on how best to achieve the desired results. I daresay nobody could have simply sat down and designed this thing from scratch, at least.... I could never have done so. It was stretching my conceptualization to the max just to grasp what they were trying to do! Yes "Beast" is the right word. It weighs about 10,000 pounds! It was quite the ordeal just moving it and getting it into the workshop.[/QUOTE]