Hey All! I'm going to be at the AZ REN this saturday and I was wondering if any of you fine folks would be there as well. Thought I could look you up and we...
I've read through the archives, a bit, but most of the advice seems geared towards tin coining. I'm a professional jeweler so melting fine silver or gold isn't...
... From: geoffroibonfils To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [sca_moneyer] Die and Planchet making I've read...
Greetings, and welcome to the wonderful world of moneying ! As no one has jumped in yet [at the time that I'm writing this] I thought that I'd put in my two...
Geoffroi, I've e-mailed more detail to you directly, but you're going to have to find it in your 'suspect' file folder. Ian ... From: Greg Franck-Weiby To:...
Taken care of and added to address book, further emails will go directly to me without any hassle Geoffroi -----Original Message----- From: Greg Franck-Weiby ...
Cool most of my questions are answered with this. Drill rod and Cold rolled steel I can get from OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware). I "think" they might carry the...
Greetings! A few more bits of information added to what has already been posted. First, hot rolled steel and cold rolled steel are steels that have had a...
Great info on the types of materials to use, Raymond! Re: screw presses, just a note for a sense of scale. The 18th century screw presses used for striking...
Greetings Thumbsmashers, You have all made the new guy feel right at home-thank you, As for the others that have signed on in the last few days- welcome and...
... From: polarbearforge To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:45 PM Subject: [sca_moneyer] Re: Die and Planchet making ...
... From: Jeff Benefiel To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [sca_moneyer] Die and Planchet making Cool most...
Denis Cooper's "The Art and Craft of Coinmaking" can be found fairly regularly on e-bay, but expect to pay upwards of $120. for it. It's an excellent book- we...
... From: Kristin Johnsen To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [sca_moneyer] Die and Planchet making ...
$120?!?! Oooh, ouch! I think I paid ~$70, but that was more than a decade ago. It really doesn't have a lot of material on hammered coinage, so you really...
The whole hot rolled/cold rolled thing is something from way back. Ask my machine tool instructors, I drove them nuts. While it's true that the hardware store...
polarbearforge wrote: And I supposed I >>really<< cheat for planchets... .. I laser cut 0.050 aluminum at work and use that. While it's not historically ...
A Note on period dies, The tapered spike on the base is not welded on but is forged from the the
die stock during the forging process (reasonably easy to do.)...
I paid only $54 from the company who printed it in the UK. Since they did not take online orders at the time, I broke my credit card number up into 4 emails....
Re: David Holland, it was over 15 years ago that I talked to him at a coin show in Seattle. He was hand hammering coins (in that case a 1/10 ounce gold commem...
Here at my mint (www.nwtmint.com), we use primarily S7 and D2 tool steels to make modern coining dies. S7 is a relatively easy to cut steel suitable for deeper...
It will work, but it is a bit more than I'd pay. I just went the steel yard today, and paid $.25 per pound for drop. For mild steel, I paid $.66 per foot for...
Enco also sells drill rod in 3' sections. The online price varies ($13 - $18 for a yard + shipping), but the steel is good quality and they're fast shippers....
Hi I always use period style DTM ... From: Greg Franck-Weiby Date: 02/23/07 21:55:31 To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [sca_moneyer] Die and...
Hello to all, and thank you Master Emmerich for the personal welcome. I am Don Duncan Hepburn, apprenticed to Mistress Lasair ni Fhionnualann, from the Barony...
... From: Dave Greenhalgh To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [sca_moneyer] Die and Planchet making Hi I...
