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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob La Londe Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Struck Coin Blanks ??? Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:35:37 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:35:38 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b2d561d65787da575fc57a45b720f0bb"; logging-data="240866"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19nfX3p8c6ArYFXKzRXg7nD" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jxE5L+aOpSl+r9xa3537cMOzJLw= X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241127-6, 11/27/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 2375 On 11/27/2024 4:12 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: > Bob La Londe wrote: >> >> Where to buy/make coin blanks at the best price? Not the 10-20 on Ebay >> or Amazon, but a couple hundred to a couple thousand at a more >> reasonable bulk price. >> > > Maybe ask non-ferrous scrap buyers if they'll sell knockouts > (donut holes) from punched parts for a little over scrap price? > > hth, > > bob prohaska > > > >> I forgot the other question, so my second question is what question (or >> questions) did I forget to ask? Maybe what alloy would best? I suspect >> an annealed copper alloy of some kind. Many an amusement facility used >> to have a machine that would take your penny (and a dollar) and roll >> your penny into a souvenir key tag back in the days when pennies were >> still copper. >> >> >> >> I don't think we have any local manufacturers generating that kind of waste. I think Barco metal Stamping closed up some years ago, and the only did light gage for things like construction light fixtures. Still next time I take a load of something over to Yuma Recycling I guess I can ask. -- Bob La Londe CNC Molds N Stuff -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com