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Elegant method of cracking open a slabbed coin!

Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Click on the link….shows how I cracked a slab with a ICG graded 50 ct capped bust coin. Will be sending it into PCGS.

https://youtu.be/s5dLi1L-VN4

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  • djmdjm Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    May be elegant but certainly not efficient.

  • Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @djm said:
    May be elegant but certainly not efficient.

    Very efficient and enjoyable! Of course first you need a knee mill!

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,396 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My employer may not approve of this technique, but it is a pretty cool method!

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  • Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 13, 2021 4:07PM

    I did it in my home shop……and I have been retired for 6 years, so I don’t care what my former employer thinks, just keep that pension check coming!

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Herb_T said:
    Click on the link….shows how I cracked a slab with a ICG graded 50 ct capped bust coin. Will be sending it into PCGS.
    ...

    Liar! You didn't crack the slab with a ICG graded 50 ct capped bust coin, you cracked it with some kind of power tool. Lame click bait!

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mr Wizard ain't got nothing on you! Peace Roy

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  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,694 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two pair of pliers and a soft drop cloth over here.

  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like using a hammer!

  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭

    3-axis precision slab cracking!

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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve got a Bridgeport in my workshop but never considered it a slab cracking device. 😊

  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just use willpower. However I am still working on the first one.

  • Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bolivarshagnasty said:
    I’ve got a Bridgeport in my workshop but never considered it a slab cracking device. 😊

    Hang with me…I have all kinds of crazy ideas!

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Herb_T said:

    @bolivarshagnasty said:
    I’ve got a Bridgeport in my workshop but never considered it a slab cracking device. 😊

    Hang with me…I have all kinds of crazy ideas!

    Please do the next one as some kind of a Rube Goldberg device, with at least a dozen stages, each involving coins... Domino's of slabs, rolling coins, coins tipping scales, flipping coins, sliding slabs...

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  • djmdjm Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Herb_T said:

    @djm said:
    May be elegant but certainly not efficient.

    Very efficient and enjoyable! Of course first you need a knee mill!

    It took you 20 seconds to do one edge of the coin. I can open 2 or 3 slabs in that time.

  • Herb_THerb_T Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @djm said:

    @Herb_T said:

    @djm said:
    May be elegant but certainly not efficient.

    Very efficient and enjoyable! Of course first you need a knee mill!

    It took you 20 seconds to do one edge of the coin. I can open 2 or 3 slabs in that time.

    You have to learn to savor the moment……if you rush like that at everything in life, your partner won’t be satisfied!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is indeed an elegant method.... I am, however, the king of crude. :D Cheers, RickO

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @djm said:

    @Herb_T said:

    @djm said:
    May be elegant but certainly not efficient.

    Very efficient and enjoyable! Of course first you need a knee mill!

    It took you 20 seconds to do one edge of the coin. I can open 2 or 3 slabs in that time.

    Big deal. Let's see a video of you playing "fruit ninja", opening slabs with a katana while they are lobbed at you... ;)

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