I had a idea after seeing copper saddles for sale on the web. Pennies folded in half!
They clean easy, They are cheep (~ $0.70 per lb or $1.40 per kilo) and they will outlast copper mesh.
Just use U.S.pennies minted before 1983 because the were 99% + pure copper. Put them in the vise and bend them into non-consistent shapes.
They will never stack together as to block your column and there is a fair amount of surface area.
I can't be the first one to think of this. What do you think?
Sparky
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
I think your the first one to think of this...not a bad idea at all, however putting them through a coin counter when your done will prove a bitch
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
not the first, nor the last
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69201&p=7511648&hil ... s#p7511648
just search pennies
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69201&p=7511648&hil ... s#p7511648
just search pennies
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
Oh well I tried,
Thank you for the information cob, I'll have to think of something else nobody has thought of.
I know the rolls of copper mesh works well but I was trying to substitute something more durable and maybe less coin. (pun intended)
Sparky
Thank you for the information cob, I'll have to think of something else nobody has thought of.
I know the rolls of copper mesh works well but I was trying to substitute something more durable and maybe less coin. (pun intended)
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
Isn't illegal to deface money? LOL
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
I don't know what they make pennies out of nowadays but they feel like plastic Monopoly money to me.
No way in hell they are going into my column.
No way in hell they are going into my column.
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Re: 1 cent Copper Saddles
+1.Reverend Newer wrote:I don't know what they make pennies out of nowadays but they feel like plastic Monopoly money to me.
No way in hell they are going into my column.
This from the US Mint website: The alloy remained 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc until 1982, when the composition was changed to 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper (copper-plated zinc). Cents of both compositions appeared in that year.
Zinc is easily “attacked” by acids. And it is toxic. Get those (US) pennies out of your system asap.
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