Hi Curtis,

As a penny-squishing affectionado, I implore you look at something else to cannibalize for gears and parts. Those squishing machines are expensive and people restore and reuse old ones all the time. There's a small but lively niche market of us "elongated coin" enthusiasts as we're called and we guard those machines like gold.. 

There are loads of old machines out there that you could use - old apple corers, meat grinders, coffee grinders, clocks, and such. I'm sure you could raid an antiques market or estate sale and find parts of something to put together for far cheaper and less effort.

Best,

Deb Fuller

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Curtis Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello All,

 

We're working on a "steam-punk" themed hands-on exhibit element, and I'd like to incorporate something hand-cranked with lots of gears.

My question to the list is, does anybody have one of those commercial penny-pressing machines?  I'd like to see if there are any used ones out there that somebody would part with. My intention is to use the crank and gears to do something other than squishing pennies and possibly even less productive, just for fun.

Please feel free to contact me off-list, and thanks in advance.

 

Curtis Morris

Exhibits

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

118 W. Johnson Ave

Springdale AR 72764

www.shilohmuseum.org

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