November 30, 20205 yr Just finished this Christmas gift for 2020. Cedar box, dowel pins hidden behind the brackets. About 16" wide.
November 30, 20205 yr Author Thank you! Oh, I see now that it didn't show the loop for the lock. adding a couple on that.
December 1, 20205 yr Holy MACKEREL Tristan, that is wicked cool! Somebody is going to be extremely happy Christmas morning! Hmmm, mokume gane pieces of 8? Frosty The Lucky.
December 1, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, Frosty said: Holy MACKEREL Tristan, that is wicked cool! Somebody is going to be extremely happy Christmas morning! Hmmm, mokume gane pieces of 8? Frosty The Lucky. Thank you Frosty. You and Thomas are going to keep me busy...Mokume Pieces of Eight is a great idea. Now to make some dies for them...
December 1, 20205 yr I have this large screwpress....be happy that it's isn't a squid box----pieces of ten are harder to make!
December 2, 20205 yr Author 22 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I have this large screwpress....be happy that it's isn't a squid box----pieces of ten are harder to make! LOL, I bet. Have you pressed any coins with it? I have a hydraulic press that I want to make some "rustic" coining dies for.
December 2, 20205 yr Yes we have used it to press medallions. If I really wanted some nice ones I'd contact the shire post mint; they do it professionally! One thing about screwpresses is that the pressure spike is high when it bottoms out and so it "squirts" the metal into the die better than a steadily increasing pressure. (Nice thing about hydraulic presses is that you can build them to whatever pressure you need!)
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