Two first and a personal Best

[hotshot]

So, I've never cut a nickel nor dime before.  The dime is the smallest and most intricate cutting so far.  I thought some of you might find the picture with the entry holes (#72 bit) interesting.  Not much room for error there.  I also put a FDUR #5 on top the dime cutting to show perspective.

Hope you got a kick out of this:

 

 

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[EarltheScroller]

Wow! Never heard of this before. I went to site you showed and was amazed. I doubt I will try it but it might be great fun... good job.

 

[wombatie]

I really don't know how you do it.  Amazing work.

 

Marg

[hotshot]

Forgot to give the creator of love heart credit.  That pattern was by OTB and you can find under the free section at www.otbpatterns.com

The Celtic Heart Knot pattern is a common design and converted to this format by me.  It is Kennedy size by default, and is cuttable in wood at that size, or you can easily scale up if you like.  I'm going to try to attach that file to this post.

celtic_heart.pdf

 

(Hey Kudos to the new SSV, I don't think posting PDFs was possible before)

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[DWSUDEKUM]

Excellently done Randy.  Thanks for sharing these with us.

 

DW

[tuner]

FANTASTIC cutting, years ago I took a Penny and cut out the head adding a pipe ,. but a dime with inside cuts ! WOW

Watch out for eye strain 

[Dave Monk]

Randy, Your coin cutting is totally amazing. 

[JOE_M]

That is awesome. What size blade do you use - the #5 looks like it wouldn't fit in the holes?

[Ron Johnson]

Awesome cutting Randy. Beautiful. 

[GPscroller]

Mind blowing as usual Randy, thanks for the pics.

 

Jeff

[hotshot]

30 minutes ago, JOE_M said:

That is awesome. What size blade do you use - the #5 looks like it wouldn't fit in the holes?

Hey Joe, I just used the FDUR #5 as reference since most of the folks here are familiar with that blade.  On the Nickel, I used Pike #6/0 because of the long sharp ends.  On the dime, I used Pike #2/0.  Pike blades are awesome, and made by the same folks that make Pegas blades.  The holes in the coin were drilled with a #72, which is .6 mm.

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[amazingkevin]

On 4/19/2017 at 11:05 PM, hotshot said:

So, I've never cut a nickel nor dime before.  The dime is the smallest and most intricate cutting so far.  I thought some of you might find the picture with the entry holes (#72 bit) interesting.  Not much room for error there.  I also put a FDUR #5 on top the dime cutting to show perspective.

Hope you got a kick out of this:

 

 

Looks like you enjoy a real challenge,Have you one that seemed impossible to do yet?

[hotshot]

8 hours ago, amazingkevin said:

Looks like you enjoy a real challenge,Have you one that seemed impossible to do yet?

Every pattern I see, I alway quickly evaluate if it could be scaled down to coin size, or if so, which coin size.  Most patterns are impossible to cut at a reduced scale.  Beyond that, anything that I can cut at Kennedy size, that has high detail, I would not be able to be cut at this scale.  

The one thing that is really really hard to do at scale is portraits, I've made multiple attempts, but have never really been satisfied.  I think to do those, I would need the help of a very good artist that understood the limitation of the medium, and could optimize the pattern for this scale.

 

[Scrappile]

So very impressive!  You are the master of coin.

[daveww1]

very nice

[Denny Knappen]

Your work is amazing, Randy.  I hear you will have an article in SWWC.

[hotshot]

40 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

Your work is amazing, Randy.  I hear you will have an article in SWWC.

I have and article in the queue.  Not sure which issue it will be in.  Since I've been scrolling, getting that magazine when it comes out is one of my favorite things, so I'm honored to have that opportunity.  Thus, I'm an evangelist for coin cutting, and hopefully that will give this area of scrolling some visibility.

[dgman]

Great work as usual Randy!

I don't always buy the magazine as I'll only buy it if there is something that appeals to me, but I will defiantly but that issue!

[newfie]

Nice work thanks for sharing