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Post by olroy2044 on Mar 17, 2014 23:25:19 GMT -5
We adapted your method by placing the penny on the railroad tracks. The result was copper foil!  Roy |
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 18, 2014 0:33:32 GMT -5
We adapted your method by placing the penny on the railroad tracks. The result was copper foil! Roy Roy, You guys must have had the finesse that we so sorely lacked. We got our foil from discarded cigarette boxes. Mickey |
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Post by philbirch on Mar 18, 2014 13:25:45 GMT -5
Nails on a railway track turn into razorblades and tend to get flung in any direction. Dangerous.
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Post by daveh on Mar 18, 2014 13:28:35 GMT -5
If it's BR (British Rail) they'd probably be the wrong type of nails.
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Post by SidW on Mar 18, 2014 19:05:37 GMT -5
If it's BR (British Rail) they'd probably be the wrong type of nails. Or have the head at the wrong end |
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 18, 2014 19:55:56 GMT -5
Here is another dumb one for your edification. No charge. I am fortunate enough to have Diabetic Neuropathy and Rheumatoid Arthritis. The greatest effect of these two partners in pain and numbness is in my hands. My Pentax K5's shutter release is very smooth and level with the top plate into which it is installed. I can no longer feel it with my finger so I rigged up this simple remedy which works very well, is cheaper than cheap and easy to install. It is merely a felt pad that is used to keep cupboard doors from slamming. One side has a pressure sensitive adhesive. They may be found in almost any supermarket or hardware store. ↓ It fits the shutter release button perfectly. ↓ It is the little white blob in the picture. ↓  I had originally thought of using a disk of sand paper. However it occurred to me if even one tiny grain fell off the sandpaper and found its way into the camera it could spell trouble with a capital T. Mickey |
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Post by philbirch on Mar 19, 2014 16:31:05 GMT -5
Ingenious and simple nice!
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 19, 2014 21:28:50 GMT -5
If it's BR (British Rail) they'd probably be the wrong type of nails. Or have the head at the wrong end That is from a very old Laurel and Hardy silent movie. One of my all time favourite films. Mickey |
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Post by Randy on Mar 20, 2014 9:29:05 GMT -5
Mickey, is the next thing a fur coat for your camera?  |
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 20, 2014 14:39:00 GMT -5
Mickey, is the next thing a fur coat for your camera? I offered - A lovely raccoon coat including striped tail. It insisted on mink. The twain could not meet.  So the shake reduction setting will take care of any of its shivering. Mickey |
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Post by Stephen on Mar 20, 2014 17:16:53 GMT -5
There is a 'penny Press' at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, and in the period of it's use as a fairground attraction, and until 1981 in the UK, it was an offense to deface coins of all types in any way.
This affected the Jewellery trade, who added clasps to turn coins into medals etc., as the silver soldering was deemed to deface the coins. Even coloured enameling coins was considered an offense, but nobody got any actual prosecutions, but some trade firms were warned off by the UK Treasury.
However the cases brought forward were so low in number, and unimportant, that the '81 act dismisses the offense, "unless done to deceive", i.e., passing off a coin of lower value for a greater value.
An old practice was the cupping of small coins by rifle range fire, usually .22., to make perfectly cupped coins, a trick my dad was good at, as he was the UK small bore rifle champion.
If the coins were run over by a train it was interesting to examine the iron rail where the coin was struck, usually a very good impression was left in the hard steel surface, made by softer bronze metal!
Stephen.
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Post by Stephen on Mar 20, 2014 17:29:41 GMT -5
I have just been looking to see if I could find any information on the old one penny stamping machines that used to be on every pier in Britain in the 1950s. As yet I've had no luck. There is one at Blackpool Tower and one at Alton Towers too. I remember one recently in Manchester but can't remember where - probably the Science and Industry Museum. They flatten the new pennies though. Try the website below devoted to the machines in the UK , with locations and details of makers etc., UKPENNIES.co.uk |
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Post by philbirch on Mar 24, 2014 17:52:02 GMT -5
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