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Homemade Coin Dies. Making a New Currency!

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I should believe that he never engraved before and for the first time he makes a bear like that?
Comment from : @zarombiste9158

Perhaps make a round bar say by pouring the gold into a metal tube
Comment from : @Mat-u1o

Side that was ground down was convex Easy way to remember concave is cave like
Comment from : @Mat-u1o

hi, can you try hydraulic press ??
Comment from : @polis911

John Wick cancelled the order but well done
Comment from : @badjaeaux

What tool did you use for carving?
Comment from : @ephedrol

Brilliant Vid! Awesome Job demonstrating!
Comment from : @theswordoftruth6509

Lucas, the way you're doing this (manual striking with hammers) is exactly the way the Spanish minted coins when they came to the New World The Spanish Milled Dollars ("pieces of eight") found in Spanish shipwrecks of the period were produced in exactly this way And honestly, yours look better
Comment from : @michael-1680

8:20 the point I said f*** this 😂 nice work
Comment from : @cryptoclyps5049

crude but still cool Get a hydraulic press from Harbor Freight
Comment from : @TheUnofficialMaker

Oh boy I always wanted to create coins
Comment from : @sovannareachLee

This is how you make a DYI video Honest educational, with warts and all Good on you, Sr 👏
Comment from : @raysutton8195

Good video I want to make some challenge coins out of bronze
Comment from : @confedaratewolf

Sad RIP homemade coin
Comment from : @nitdiver5

Use a press 10000 lbs kidding but a press would help
Comment from : @billylyle1

How about a bottle jack?
Comment from : @deafmusician2

I know this is a bit old, but I would suggest modifying an old heavy duty drill press instead of a hammer or build a simple leaver press Also try starting from a small bead, blob or ball (not sure if there's a correct term) of your heated metal instead of a straight coin blank, and let it deform out into the coin shape as it's pressed (kind of like putting a ball of dough in a cookie press) Finally, try using something softer for your coin material; Copper, aluminum, gold or silver (though those last two are much more expensive) Though brass and Nordic gold are still on the softer side, they are notably harder than their base metal and therefor harder to deform brLoved the video! Thank you for putting it out there It really helped me think of how to make this work on my own ^_^
Comment from : @EmrysCoppersmith

I like the way the gold that didn't cast right came out Looks like an abstract sculpture
Comment from : @starflower2583

Very interesting video Thanks
Comment from : @rufus-h4h

Got to the number stamping part and immediately said to myself, "He's done that wrong It'll turn out backward" Lessons from printmaking class when I was an art student
Comment from : @TestUser-cf4wj

Brass is difficult to forgeIf you use a regular round bar of copper and a slightly convex slug made from it, , it will help the coin contour to your reliefs carvings Another thing that might help- Use a real sledge and Solid base like an anvil or hard pack/clay surface The wood rebounds way too much You only want to hit the die onceHard and level Practice makes perfect in all aspects of colonial coinage If you want to make them with brass flats and your current set up, you'll need a 20-40 ton hydraulic press
Comment from : @redneckhippiefreak

I feel like using a hydraulic press or a press of some kind would be a lot easier than trying to get a perfectly straight strike with the back of an axe, or even a hammer
Comment from : @LegendaryLycanthrope

Trash
Comment from : @b_to_the_b

Nice job i have been learning how to cast with wax during the winter and in the spring I’ll be casting metal
Comment from : @jimcatanzaro7808

those quarters look so real you might get in trouble
Comment from : @kmz2023

Use a hydraulic press instead of the 🔨
Comment from : @Shawn-g4y

I absolutely loved this video It’s the first thing I’ve ever watched on coin making and I am extremely happy for it Thank you
Comment from : @OeTrim

This may be the coolest video I have watched today I have been watching smelting videos for years and just now found you Have you played with this more to perfect the technique?
Comment from : @Bobbyspags

What about using a vice to add constant pressure instead of sledgehammers?
Comment from : @Ribrunner100

That's meant to be whatever you want it to be it's called stock
Comment from : @maidenlord6663

👍
Comment from : @riesche82

In 1000 years these coins will be dug up and be sold on ebay for millions
Comment from : @UncalBertExcretes

thx i enoyed this
Comment from : @buzzpatch2294

You might try using a hydronic press rather than hammering
Comment from : @robertlansdown7606

A press would make a huge difference
Comment from : @benadams5557

Hydraulic Press ?
Comment from : @ronaldrvvanhook1437

Hi Lundgren Bronze Studios! Nice video! Interesting idea! I just subscribed to your channel! 😎
Comment from : @LegacyStacker

I wonder why you didn’t use one of the blanks to cast the coins
Comment from : @jonnygunn6259

Can you pl send me your email address, I need to do some business with you brBaldwin
Comment from : @baldwinfrancis4030

Picking eye*
Comment from : @ojomnesir9182

You can remove small amount from punch edges to ease removal after punchingbrGreat job though👍
Comment from : @stevehartley7504

Interesting art sir, good job How about some hydraulic coercion?
Comment from : @gd2u2

Use silver
Comment from : @TRyan3

year gonna be mirrored
Comment from : @yvindpettersborg3999

Well, done very well done I'm probably going to pour aluminum or copper into plaster I will make wax blanks and burn out the wax in the drying process But dude, well done
Comment from : @stewartpalmer2456

1:20 plz dont use the side wheel bru weaken the wheel and the fall apart quicker the space-x at 16k rpm --- reason u stand to the side wile u turn it on
Comment from : @littlehills

To strike accurately it takes two people One holds a rod or blank of soft steel (a sledge hammer seems convenient but striking hardened steel on hardened steel can be dangerous) the die and the other strikes the intermediate piece which transfers to the die without slipping
Comment from : @airplayn

Great effortlove the videoif you were able to create this in your first attempt, you will become awesome at engraving
Comment from : @JTCT371

use a carjack as a press
Comment from : @alanwalkowiak1207

Can you make 1trillion dollar platinum coin please?
Comment from : @fitrianhidayat

Should have just bought some brass round stock and cut your discs to fit, and buy or make a hydrolic press Also that steel isn't going to hold up very long you need thicker strike plates like an inch or two at least Also I know most people that talk shit in your comments have no clue what they're talking about so ill add that I have a bachelors degree in advanced metalsmithing from Southern Illinois University Overall not bad
Comment from : @mowery66gaming

After heating the blanks up in the furnace, you might try using a press with a bottle jack set up to compress the dies
Comment from : @Mbonner73

Maybe pour a rod, cut discs and press using a bottle jack set up
Comment from : @teunisrooseboom1772

I should think that using a hydraulic press like a car jack would work betterbrAlso, at least until you get the procedure down right, you might want to try an even softer metal like aluminium or copper
Comment from : @jamesdolan5236

Brass, you used brass
Comment from : @worm_vaquero

Maybe use an Arbor press instead of hammering?
Comment from : @rlgroshans

I'm just thinking hydraulic press
Comment from : @magicmarmot

Super cool idea and work I'm make ancient replicas in real 90-97 silver and I'm interested in some business with you if you can supply die's It would be interesting talking to you Kind regards, from Copenhagen DENMARK (EU) I see you have a Swedish family name :) Lundgren
Comment from : @DeMedellin-G5

Well done! I love those coins! brBTW you don't need to heat up the blanks so much They are at their softest point after pouring them Since you had to sand them, you basically work hardened them So, it was a good idea to heat them up again to anneal (soften) them before stamping, but they don't need to be hot like that while you stamp The metal stays soft, even after they cool down, until you do something to work harden them again Nonferrous metals react to heat & cold differently than steel brI really enjoyed this video You definitely got my sub
Comment from : @RockyMountainBear

Stupid ways
Comment from : @arkyan7211

I bENJOYED/b watching your video - excellent entertainment!
Comment from : @joatmofa0405

Did you remember that the image needs to be mirrored?
Comment from : @TheRottenOneRepents

you're cute
Comment from : @karlomorosin7880

Great video Learned alot Thanks for showing all of the lessons
Comment from : @michaelpaul721

Cool video! Watching you struggle with the process was really enlightening Thanks for letting us see
Comment from : @plankman6408

Great work, mate Thank you very much for sharing!
Comment from : @PaulPredicts

I really enjoyed watching this video, you showed all your steps, mistakes and all, this really allows someone to get exactly what you did Bravo
Comment from : @FrostbyteCoins

casting bar stock to turn on the lathe to feed into the screw machine to churn out a bunch of pucks
Comment from : @mackk123

So awesome
Comment from : @tofan2622

I might do this myself, but with a different design
Comment from : @driftersforge4962

A little trick that engravers use is to print the wanted motive mirrored onto a piece of paper, put it face down onto the workpiece, fix it with a little bit of tape and carefully brush it with aceton Dosn't work with every printer or ink but if it workes you tranfer the ink from the paper onto the metal
Comment from : @greenrena8503

Technology is used like in ancient times, and the result is like in ancient times King Lundgren's coin
Comment from : @avexoidavex3577

This is actually pretty cool
Comment from : @UNHOLYONION333

Speak up, I say speak up son, so we can hear ya!
Comment from : @UNHOLYONION333

12:01 - it would have got into the eye - the headphones would not have helped
Comment from : @витявазон

Use a much softer metal Try silver or pure copper And thanks for showing us your bloopers They were fun to watch
Comment from : @scottadler

to improve your setupsecure your wood log down to somethingand build a vertical channel track for your sludge hammer to run along until it meets the coin these two things should help a lotyou are losing impact power by the log bouncing off the groundand also losing precision when the swing doesn't hit it directly head on
Comment from : @SaintDomenic

Gud work bro ❤️👍
Comment from : @dineshbihal2149

I'm pretty sure that thing is called a padeye You weld it to a structure so you can use a crane etc To move the structure Nice video
Comment from : @stevestokes4206