LukeyMagic
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very nice !
Anyone know anything about the John Wick Gold Coins?
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LukeyMagic
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Weight is good! needs some heft to it
Since it is largely translucent, I had to paint it to even get a picture of it. And this is the plastic version, meaning Shapeways couldn't print that fabulous text in metal.
I also have the one with significantly thicker lettering,(the one intended for metal) and I will send you both. I did not paint the second one.
I also have the one with significantly thicker lettering,(the one intended for metal) and I will send you both. I did not paint the second one.
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that's what we're going to find out here pretty soon....i just got the coins from jintosh yesterday to mold....and i ordered in the silicon to do them.
once it gets here i'll start molding and casting to see if we can hold the details and then i have to try and plate them.
if it works out it will be better then the shapeways brass because i want to remove those mold lines from the printing process.
once it gets here i'll start molding and casting to see if we can hold the details and then i have to try and plate them.
if it works out it will be better then the shapeways brass because i want to remove those mold lines from the printing process.
wick test still underway!
i finished the molds and started casting.
out of 250 hand casted coins only 25 were usable>
i'd have one side turn out perfect and the other side would be garbage so getting both sides to read was a chore!
then did a polish test
now making my own copper sulfate to start plate testing
blue layer is the copper being removed from the old pennies
back to work....:ninja
i finished the molds and started casting.
out of 250 hand casted coins only 25 were usable>
i'd have one side turn out perfect and the other side would be garbage so getting both sides to read was a chore!
then did a polish test
now making my own copper sulfate to start plate testing
blue layer is the copper being removed from the old pennies
back to work....:ninja
yankyfan09
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looks fantastic. Keep up the good work!!!!
thanks guys it's coming along slowly but surely.
and the alchemy continues.
i tried plating a coin straight out of the mold and another one that was polished:
it looks as though plating pewter is going to be as hard as i heard it was.
the gold reacted with the polish on the polished one and made it muddy.......it came out better plating it straight out of the mold.
while surfing around the net i found that i have to plate it in copper first then in nickel then in gold to get that look we are trying for.
so basically i'm " macgyvering it ".....i already made a batch of copper acetate out of old pennies. and now i'm in the process of making nickel acetate
out of canadian nickels because they are 99.9% nickel from 1955-1981....all old american nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel.
and the alchemy continues.
i tried plating a coin straight out of the mold and another one that was polished:
it looks as though plating pewter is going to be as hard as i heard it was.
the gold reacted with the polish on the polished one and made it muddy.......it came out better plating it straight out of the mold.
while surfing around the net i found that i have to plate it in copper first then in nickel then in gold to get that look we are trying for.
so basically i'm " macgyvering it ".....i already made a batch of copper acetate out of old pennies. and now i'm in the process of making nickel acetate
out of canadian nickels because they are 99.9% nickel from 1955-1981....all old american nickels are 75% copper and 25% nickel.
TheBigBang914
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Are you Canadian or is it going to be a challenge to find those Canadian Nickels? Anyway, look already nice for a first try!
wraithride
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Every time I see threads like this, I'm reminded that I'm amongst a crowd of geniuses. I'll just stand here and gawk hoping nobody notices I don't belong.
Amazing work on this project. Like others, I'm anxiously awaiting the results and hopefully a purchasable product.
WR
Amazing work on this project. Like others, I'm anxiously awaiting the results and hopefully a purchasable product.
WR
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