A silversmith would have a roller device that could roll out the coins cleanly.
I don't know how much they would charge, but it shouldn't be too much. Dan On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/4/2010 12:57:33 PM, Golden Aldi ([email protected]) wrote: >> Thanks for clarifying, Chuck! How clean should the anvil be, since >> I'll have to clean it before my husband hammers the coin. > > > Now this is just me... > Anvil...reasonably clean...don't really worry about it...good to knock > off the surface rust, if any. > > Come to think of it you don't even have to do this flattening thing at > all. I just wanted to make silver ribbons (narrow thin strips of > silver). > You could hacksaw strips out of the coins. > You could just use whole coins. > >> I don't live in >> Canada, but I suppose I could possibly get one over here in Europe. > > Almost any coin dealer > or even ebay ie: http://tinyurl.com/ydbc29d for example. > Remember: one time initial investment. > > >> The part I >> didn't quite understand was the last part, after you make a thinner sheet, >> like cutting into the ribbon? and what's >> a "tin snip"? > > A tinsnip is a heavy duty scissors designed for sheet metal cutting. > The tool clerk will know (and so will your husband). > > >> I also >> don't know how thick the coin is to begin with, since all currencies have >> their own sizes, and then how thin is too thin, and how thick should it >> "not" be. I don't >> know if it would make much of a difference. > > If you pound it out to about 3 times its original diameter, it should > be easy enough to cut with the snips. > Not important the thickness, more important the workability. > >> haven't experimented with any of this stuff yet, and would like to learn >> from those with experience, so I hope you won't >> mind me asking, what might seem as mundane questions :-) >> >> Thanks in Advance! >> Aldi >> >> Oh, you also mentioned, that they last longer than the wires or strips. >> Why would that be? > > The coins are a full ounce. That's a lot of silver for CS. > This will last you forever... > >> Does it have anything to do with the total area, like >> the larger it is, the better the energy is dispersed? >> >> And >> I'm trying to think of what someone said about brewing in the sun and adding >> something to it for the stirring motion? > > That's Ode's idea. > A black area on the jar in the sun will heat higher/faster than the > rest of the area, starting a thermal difference and thus thermal > stirring. > > Chuck > Ifyoucanreadthis,youspendtoomuchtimefiguringouts. > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subjectunsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
