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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2309083, member: 15929"]It's more than just grease folks. It's machine oil and debris from the minting process. It accumulates kind of like sticky mud on the bottom of your shoes with the big exception being that the die squashes it at 120 tons or pressure instead of 170 lbs.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can flow in literally any direction since not all planchets sit in the coining chamber exactly perpendicular to the dies. Not all planchets are of the same thickness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just way too many variables involved here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2309083, member: 15929"]It's more than just grease folks. It's machine oil and debris from the minting process. It accumulates kind of like sticky mud on the bottom of your shoes with the big exception being that the die squashes it at 120 tons or pressure instead of 170 lbs. It can flow in literally any direction since not all planchets sit in the coining chamber exactly perpendicular to the dies. Not all planchets are of the same thickness. Just way too many variables involved here.[/QUOTE]
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