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I even looked at the photo of it wrapped too.  And paper towels are better becuase you can toss them. Never, ever use your spouse's good towels.  Quote:
I've bled before when cracking slabs.  A lesson for the kids! Safety first.  |
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My preferred method is clamping the slab in a vise with the coin well below the top of the vice jaws and using the jaws as a top guide for a hand hacksaw. Do this for 3 sides and you can usually pull the coin out without too much effort and without a 4th cut. Just be careful not to drop it on the floor!
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Never, ever use your spouse's good towels. No more spouse, I traded her to keep my coin collection.   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I decided to try the delicate approach Nicely done! |
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My preferred method is clamping the slab in a vise with the coin well below the top of the vice jaws and using the jaws as a top guide for a hand hacksaw... That was an option I considered, but I do not have a bench vise at home. I do have one at the office, but I work from home now. I was going in one day a week over the summer... so maybe if I had bought it sooner?   Quote:
No more spouse, I traded her to keep my coin collection.  Quote:
Nicely done! Thanks!  |
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Good idea. A C clamp is a good way to free the coin. I've used my band saw.
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Looks good. Sweet outcome and kudos to being brave. I'm not sure if I'll try this or my trusty Dremel attachment which I usually use next time.
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Awesome addition to your collection. Congrats. I also like the story-like quality of this thread as well as the how-to aspect of it. Btw, last slab I broke out, I used my mitre saw box. Lots of fine plastic bits all over the place but it worked great. Your method seems to save a lot of wear and tear on tools. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I'm glad to see you finally pulled the trigger on this coin! Great job jbuck! You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Congrats on filling the hole. And nice idea with the clamp!
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nice to see you did a great liberating job!
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Looks good. Sweet outcome and kudos to being brave. Thank you!  Quote:
I'm not sure if I'll try this or my trusty Dremel attachment which I usually use next time. I considered using my "rotary tool" (mine is a Craftsman, not Dremel brand) if I took the slab to the office and used the bench vise to hold it. For what it is worth, I would have never tried using that tool while holding the slab in my free hand!  |
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Awesome addition to your collection. Congrats. I also like the story-like quality of this thread as well as the how-to aspect of it. Thank you! I appreciate that. Quote:
Btw, last slab I broke out, I used my mitre saw box. Lots of fine plastic bits all over the place but it worked great. Your method seems to save a lot of wear and tear on tools. I was worried about making a mess. It was a nice light bulb moment when I realized I could use disposable paper towels. |
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I'm glad to see you finally pulled the trigger on this coin! Quote:
Congrats on filling the hole. And nice idea with the clamp! Thank you both! Quote:
nice to see you did a great liberating job! I appreciate that. I also appreciated your "blessing" to do so when I bought the coin from you. That actually meant a lot. |
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