Coin washed my 25

.......so you didn't protect the contact surfaces. I bolt a small steel washer to protect the contact areas when tumbling. I'm particularly concerned about the ceramic ball being bombarded in the tumbling process.

.......but if your project was successful, good for you.
 
gull wing said:
.......so you didn't protect the contact surfaces. I bolt a small steel washer to protect the contact areas when tumbling. I'm particularly concerned about the ceramic ball being bombarded in the tumbling process.

.......but if your project was successful, good for you.
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Ha! brilliant! Thanks GW!!! that definitely give me the guts to try it
 
gull wing said:
.......so you didn't protect the contact surfaces. I bolt a small steel washer to protect the contact areas when tumbling. I'm particularly concerned about the ceramic ball being bombarded in the tumbling process.

.......but if your project was successful, good for you.
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I stripped it down completely. Only the frame went in.
 
MIKE969 said:
I'm surprised at how good this turned out! How is it holding up? Any better than the bead blasted finish?
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I've only carried it a couple of times since. No issues so far. I do like the fact I don't have to baby it anymore and worry about scratching the surface.
 
Fascinating and very attractive results, thanks for the post!

gull wing said:
.......so you didn't protect the contact surfaces. I bolt a small steel washer to protect the contact areas when tumbling. I'm particularly concerned about the ceramic ball being bombarded in the tumbling process.

.......but if your project was successful, good for you.
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Maybe the size of the coins prevents damage issues that you would otherwise see with smaller media?
 
:confused::confused:how did you take the stoping pin out
Can't seem to be able to take it out
 
BBW said:
:confused::confused:how did you take the stoping pin out
Can't seem to be able to take it out
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It just came out after taking one of the slabs off. It was a pain to adjust once I was putting the knife together. If you don't have it positioned properly you can't open the blade all the way. There is a slight cut out or flattened side of the stop pin that allows the knife to open and close.
 
Xdm9mili said:
It just came out after taking one of the slabs off. It was a pain to adjust once I was putting the knife together. If you don't have it positioned properly you can't open the blade all the way. There is a slight cut out or flattened side of the stop pin that allows the knife to open and close.
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ok thanks I saw that; I guess it has red locktite!
 
Question on the coins again: did you use modern clad dimes/quarters/half dollars, or the old 90% silver ones, or both?

And, did you really throw gold coins into the process? I hope they didn't have any collector value? :D
 
JNewell said:
Question on the coins again: did you use modern clad dimes/quarters/half dollars, or the old 90% silver ones, or both?

And, did you really throw gold coins into the process? I hope they didn't have any collector value? :D
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I used regular coins that I got from change over the past few months. Nothing special. As for the gold coins, I used the Sacagawea dollar coins. There were maybe 5 of them in there.
 
Xdm9mili said:
I used regular coins that I got from change over the past few months. Nothing special. As for the gold coins, I used the Sacagawea dollar coins. There were maybe 5 of them in there.
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Ahhhh, got it. I was seriously trying to figure out how anyone could toss real gold coins into a tumbler. :eek: :D I really like how that come out. :thumbup:
 
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