AllanFink1960
Member
How are you guys holding your coins while you engrave them? I was thinking hot glue on a small block of wood...? Or do you have a preferred fixture?
A Penny Carving Questions
- Thread starter Marcus Hunt
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Allan: I have a couple of fixtures for nickels, but you can glue a penny to a small hardwood block, practice plate, etc. with 5-minute epoxy. When you're finished engraving warm with a propane torch and it'll release.
Shamey
Member
When I first started carving nickels I hot glued them to a broomstick and held them in my hand. After getting my GRS block, I hot glued them to a square square piece of wood so they could be held in the block. as someone has already suggested. I never did find a good solvent for the hot glue so it was a bit of a pain but it worked. Shortly after that I visited Cliff Kraft's website and found a brass holder listed on the left side of his websites front page that was made exclusivly for holding nickels. I believe that it sold for $35 three years ago but you know how that goes. This made life a lot easier since it allows you to change coins effortlesssly and you can work on more than one at a time. for those of you unfamiliar with coin carving, Cris Kraft is a well known in the coin carving world and is known for his beautiful carvings. His website can be found at http://www.paulbunyan.net/users/pckraft/. There is a picture of it on the site. I am sure that he would not mind a visit.
I must include my warning. Carving coins becomes VERY addicting!
I must include my warning. Carving coins becomes VERY addicting!
coincutter
Elite Cafe Member
I am up for it lets cut some pennies
I think it would be cool but we have to figure some kind of a handicap for you and Steve Adams Bill and Ray too. You guys would have to engrave with your other hand and a blindfold so the rest of us have a fighting chance.
Sle
Hey, I have an idea. I've been wanting to have a Cafe engraving contest, and this might be a fun way to kick it off. Would any of you be interested in participating in a penny engraving contest? It might be fun. If I get enough interest I'll flesh out some rules and get it kicked off. / ~Sam[/QUOTE]
I think it would be cool but we have to figure some kind of a handicap for you and Steve Adams Bill and Ray too. You guys would have to engrave with your other hand and a blindfold so the rest of us have a fighting chance.
Sle
Hey, I have an idea. I've been wanting to have a Cafe engraving contest, and this might be a fun way to kick it off. Would any of you be interested in participating in a penny engraving contest? It might be fun. If I get enough interest I'll flesh out some rules and get it kicked off. / ~Sam[/QUOTE]
Tim Wells
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
...are you supplying the pennies?
Sorry, I had to do it, couldn't resist
Sorry, I had to do it, couldn't resist
Steve Adams
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I just tried carving a penny yesterday to see what it felt like. It was a 1937 penny, and it engraved easily. It was just a little gummy but consistant all the way through. I tend to engrave deep. Anyone else engaved one yet? A penny for your thoughts. Steve
Bob Bullard
Elite Cafe Member
penny carving vise
Alan
M&M catalog show 2 small vises that look like they work to hold a penny or a nickle under 15.00
they are on page40
Bob
Alan
M&M catalog show 2 small vises that look like they work to hold a penny or a nickle under 15.00
they are on page40
Bob
coincutter
Elite Cafe Member
I am up for it. lets do it before I get any older and blinder.
AllanFink1960
Member
Shamey
Hot glue can be dissolved with Coleman Lantern Fuel. Its a bit on the slow side and tends to be a little sticky and gelatinous if you are in a hurry, but I do them in bunches, and gang the little metal pieces into a tuna can with about a quarter inch of coleman fuel in it and let it sit for an hour or two...overnight is best, but if you do that cover the can with something so it doesnt dry out. (Thanks again Don Glaser for the info on his video). After that, whats left of the hot glue comes off pretty easily. And if you dont put huge blobs of glue on, you dont have to work so hard to get huge blobs OFF again. So just use enough to do the job.
Thanks for the tips on the fixtures...I will track them down and see what I can find.
Allan
Hot glue can be dissolved with Coleman Lantern Fuel. Its a bit on the slow side and tends to be a little sticky and gelatinous if you are in a hurry, but I do them in bunches, and gang the little metal pieces into a tuna can with about a quarter inch of coleman fuel in it and let it sit for an hour or two...overnight is best, but if you do that cover the can with something so it doesnt dry out. (Thanks again Don Glaser for the info on his video). After that, whats left of the hot glue comes off pretty easily. And if you dont put huge blobs of glue on, you dont have to work so hard to get huge blobs OFF again. So just use enough to do the job.
Thanks for the tips on the fixtures...I will track them down and see what I can find.
Allan
Shamey
Member
Thanks Alan, I will give that a try.
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