On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:04:23 -0500, James Waldby
wrote:

Jim sent the photos to me also, and with his permission
I combined some of them together and posted to the dropbox:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/nickel2head.txt
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/nickel21.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/nickel22.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/nickel23.jpg

Thanks for the photos, I don't have a collet setup but I think I'll
try the same basic method using some fixturing alloy to secure the
coin in a shallow bore in the end of a round, perhaps hard wax if I
can keep it cool enough while turning or as others have suggested
crazy glue.

John

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