@CoinShootingOnline. there is no market for silver sorting machines. 99.9% of silver coins are out of circulation. Bronze pennies still account for about 15% of the pennies in circulation. Save them.. SAVE Nickles too!!! You don't have to sort them. Nickles haven't changed in composition or size for 150 years. Save Bronze Pennies and Nickles for your old age. Nickels and Bronze pennies are the best long term investment today. They offer Unlimited Upside Potential with ZERO downside risk.
The balance beam has a hole running through it. There are two bearing blocks(one on each side of the beam) attached to the bottom of the main board. Each of the blocks has a hole running through it.
I had to stare at this video a bit as at first I thought the dumper was some kinda fancy solenoid being triggered by load cell, A to D, and a solid state switch.. Then I realized it's a pretty tricky little fulcrum calibrated with washers and nuts. Very Cool!
Is the rotating disc made of fancy delron or is it just a fashioned lid off a paint bucket? I'm going to take a swag at making one of these.
The drop test works for me, about a minute per roll... the bummer part is re-rolling them. All told I get through a roll, re-roll the zincs and mark the roll (for return to my bank) in about 3 or 4 minutes. the machine looks nice, but whats the ROI. After all the sorting is cake I could do way more than a dollar a minute if it weren't for stopping to re roll.
Dudes, cool machine - but yer all over thinkin' it. ***If you haven't yet, do what I do - TRY THE "DING" TEST. Copper pennies make a distinctive "Ringing sound" when bounced on a wood floor or table. Zinc pennies do not. Easy. No need to look at dates. Give it a try. Oh, and but some silver too!
You are absolutely right. Copper rings like a bell and zinc makes a thud. That's how I use to do it. This machine does it a lot quicker so if you have $30.00 in pennies to sort through, you're done in an hour without searching for the one that bounced off the coffee table and under the sofa.
not everyone can hear the ringing sound. I have demonstrated this technique to more than a few people who are unable to notice to ringing of copper cents.
If a copper cent is heavily circulated and worn making it weigh less than 3.1 g, how does this machine sort such a worn copper cent?
Excellent device. Do you have an optimum number of coins you can put in the tube to sort? (I.e. if too many does the machine stop due to shear weight?) Could you devise something to help people sort through half dollars to find silver ones?
The tube I include with teh Penny Miser is plexiglas. It is 6" long 1" OD, 7/8" ID and holds a dollar. 34 pennies per inch. At 3000 coin per hour, it takes 2 minutes to run that dollar. You at anytime as it's running. Now... You can get a longer tube but it will add wear to the penny wheel (heavier stack of pennies) and if a penny goes down sideways and jams the tube (not very often), it won't be as as quick and easy to clear as it is now... The holes would need to be enlarged for halves
It is based on weights. I hand pick my sample coins. They are shinny red for zinc and brown for copper. it's necessary when I calibrate my machine to be able to tell the difference by sight. Good for the video too. It's not like that in the real world. There are many brown zinc pennies. and red copper pennies. You will still need to search wheats separately. Exact same weight as memorial copper cents. Good news is, you eliminate 75%-80% of the pennies before you start your wheat search
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cybpmp21 4 months ago
No if you could just get us off this island Professor!
cptsquish 5 months ago
Wow, you have a gift to be able to think this up.
fieryphoenixe 8 months ago
can it do UK Coins, Copper = 1971 - 1991 Not copper = 1992 - now
microchoc 9 months ago
@microchoc I don't know
ThePennymiser 9 months ago
Can you make me one for halves?
CoinShootingOnline 10 months ago
@CoinShootingOnline. there is no market for silver sorting machines. 99.9% of silver coins are out of circulation. Bronze pennies still account for about 15% of the pennies in circulation. Save them.. SAVE Nickles too!!! You don't have to sort them. Nickles haven't changed in composition or size for 150 years. Save Bronze Pennies and Nickles for your old age. Nickels and Bronze pennies are the best long term investment today. They offer Unlimited Upside Potential with ZERO downside risk.
ThePennymiser 10 months ago
BREAKING NEWS!!
Copper Pennies is over 3x it value TODAY.
$4.61 per Pound.
davidlee110 1 year ago
I WHAT ONE.
i know it slow but i save some time to do other things.
davidlee110 1 year ago
looks like a cool machine but too bad its so slow. Thanks !
charronfamilyconnect 1 year ago
Isn't that what the hare said to the tortoise?
ThePennymiser 1 year ago 2
i want one . how much and how do i buy ?
kixdirtsevin 1 year ago
Oh yeah, so cool.
iRouRoui 1 year ago
What kind of motor is that?
rufnek56 1 year ago
Hey there, When will you be making these again? I was thinking about getting one. Please let me know. Thanks
jbexpress1 1 year ago
This machine gives me mixed feelings:
on one hand I am relieved to see the elegance of design, economy of construction, and spark of ingenuity which marked the rise of the US still alive
on the other hand I despair at watching the last vestige of America's real currency sink beneath the waves of a sea of fiat currency
May God have mercy...
1970Lowery 1 year ago
Look at the cuties going in to cups, adorable.
pennysarecute 1 year ago
That is too cool
trickless 2 years ago
What is the folcrum rocking on?
MrCorey1437 2 years ago
The balance beam has a hole running through it. There are two bearing blocks(one on each side of the beam) attached to the bottom of the main board. Each of the blocks has a hole running through it.
A metal shaft runs through them all.
ThePennymiser 2 years ago
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vdubs4life1964 2 years ago
I had to stare at this video a bit as at first I thought the dumper was some kinda fancy solenoid being triggered by load cell, A to D, and a solid state switch.. Then I realized it's a pretty tricky little fulcrum calibrated with washers and nuts. Very Cool!
Is the rotating disc made of fancy delron or is it just a fashioned lid off a paint bucket? I'm going to take a swag at making one of these.
9x23win 2 years ago
Very nice!
EmperorAst 2 years ago
From one pennymiser to another, thanks for the vid.
TenderTrap86 2 years ago
The drop test works for me, about a minute per roll... the bummer part is re-rolling them. All told I get through a roll, re-roll the zincs and mark the roll (for return to my bank) in about 3 or 4 minutes. the machine looks nice, but whats the ROI. After all the sorting is cake I could do way more than a dollar a minute if it weren't for stopping to re roll.
Trainryche 2 years ago
Throw a roll in to this machine and do a roll by hand, thats 2 rolls per minute.
1ToNJaB 2 years ago
Dudes, cool machine - but yer all over thinkin' it. ***If you haven't yet, do what I do - TRY THE "DING" TEST. Copper pennies make a distinctive "Ringing sound" when bounced on a wood floor or table. Zinc pennies do not. Easy. No need to look at dates. Give it a try. Oh, and but some silver too!
- SGT out.
SGTbull07 2 years ago
You are absolutely right. Copper rings like a bell and zinc makes a thud. That's how I use to do it. This machine does it a lot quicker so if you have $30.00 in pennies to sort through, you're done in an hour without searching for the one that bounced off the coffee table and under the sofa.
ThePennymiser 2 years ago
not everyone can hear the ringing sound. I have demonstrated this technique to more than a few people who are unable to notice to ringing of copper cents.
If a copper cent is heavily circulated and worn making it weigh less than 3.1 g, how does this machine sort such a worn copper cent?
IvanAtlas 2 years ago
Are these machines for sale?
hailgov 2 years ago
Yes they are for sale. Go to my website which is listed in my profile or under "more info" for pricing information
ThePennymiser 2 years ago
Thats pretty cool, nice craftsmanship.
1ToNJaB 2 years ago
Awesome Machine! What's the sale price going to be? :o)
pba20420 2 years ago
Excellent device. Do you have an optimum number of coins you can put in the tube to sort? (I.e. if too many does the machine stop due to shear weight?) Could you devise something to help people sort through half dollars to find silver ones?
mongobongocat 2 years ago
The tube I include with teh Penny Miser is plexiglas. It is 6" long 1" OD, 7/8" ID and holds a dollar. 34 pennies per inch. At 3000 coin per hour, it takes 2 minutes to run that dollar. You at anytime as it's running. Now... You can get a longer tube but it will add wear to the penny wheel (heavier stack of pennies) and if a penny goes down sideways and jams the tube (not very often), it won't be as as quick and easy to clear as it is now... The holes would need to be enlarged for halves
ThePennymiser 2 years ago
I have been separating by hand using dates and a small scale. 3.1 grams for copper any thing less is zinc. I wish I had one of those machines!
Larryd1001 2 years ago
It is based on weights. I hand pick my sample coins. They are shinny red for zinc and brown for copper. it's necessary when I calibrate my machine to be able to tell the difference by sight. Good for the video too. It's not like that in the real world. There are many brown zinc pennies. and red copper pennies. You will still need to search wheats separately. Exact same weight as memorial copper cents. Good news is, you eliminate 75%-80% of the pennies before you start your wheat search
ThePennymiser 2 years ago
Wow! I could even tell by the color of the pennies which were going to fall into the near cup. Is this based on weight?
I'd still have to go through my copper pennies to cull wheatbacks, unless there's a fine-tune you can do for that, too. =^[.]~=
Raycheetah 2 years ago