Rebuild: Post-Apocalypse Coin Press

[@Cwjespersen]

How this guy still has all his fingers is beyond amazing.

[@CaptainMyCaptain33]

wow...I've been making coins by hand for years. this is seriously the most knackered drop hammer press I've seen. Just strike by hand. with all the energy you put into that drop hammer press, why not just build a screw press? or a hydraulic press?

[@russphilly]

+OSheaHandMade entertaining purposes...that is what this was made for.., well done..the video production and entertainment factor.

[@koreycornelis1611]

+OSheaHandMade Agreed. Even using an old bench press weightlifting machine would have been easier and more efficient.

[@CaptainMyCaptain33]

Korey Cornelis well a few things wrong. His i beams are to spread out, the weight should be stable and not just falling like a sack of rocks, it should be stable as it falls, and the hammer he's dropping should be directly hitting the dies. Or, he could literally go to harbour freight and buy a 20 ton shop press and make coins. It works and I use it as well. 50 tons is ideal but you'll have to find one. By hand hammer striking, you can work faster and more efficient. It's why it was used long after screw presses, roller presses and drop hammers presses were invented. It just works damn good. And I've never once had a mishap swinging a hammer to dies. All it takes is a few practice swings and you've got it. Can use a simple 3-4lb hammer that's all you need. Would be surprised.....anneal your blanks and rock and roll. The trick to all of this....truly. Lies in the die sinking....I've been training for years to sink dies the old school way and it's hard! But it's fun as hell and maybe I should make a video on it? I could teach all of KZbin how to make their own stable dies from steel, with only a few tools. I could teach how to make dies from almost anything really. It's what I do and I enjoy it, so I'm not trying sound like an asshole know it all. But perhaps a proper video needs to be made.

[@HugeAmbitionMedia]

I'd watch it.

[@therealpapercat]

I'd watch it.

[@MrPepsicola123]

I've been saving bottle caps for about a year now. I will be rich when society collapses.

[@DiesInEveryFilm]

Yes fallout style. In a future video I'm gunna make a bottle cap table top. Might be worth a lot in the future haha.

[@hatija786love4]

MrPepsicola123 😂

[@andrewdotcom6770]

I’ve been saving them for 9 years

[@ciaareinthecommentssection9575]

Bottle caps will still be worthless

[@YoloBagels]

Caps won't get you anywhere. Silver is what people will use as currency (yes I understood the joke lol)

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

Just because it's post apocalyptic doesn't mean it has to be shitty. This press is wobbly and inefficient. How hard is it to make guide rails and a decent quick release. The die could obviously be improved as well. This guy is just delusional.

[@vikingfaen]

In the dystopian apocalypse the currency will be BULLETS! ;)

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

vikingfaen only in usa ; )

[@nukethenarrative5873]

Read "RazorWire"

[@rickcoona]

so you need a Bullet press, not a coin press!

[@michaelshittmann5325]

Military grade bullets only

[@pencapchew42]

What if you have a lot of bullets and don’t want more? Then money is good.

[@CaryCrawdaddy5]

Feel like casting coins would be easier but love the idea.

[@zwiebec78]

HACKETT! I miss your show man, I'm so glad to find you're still putting out stuff like this! You're hilarious, and a Genius keep doing what you do man...and let me watch as much of it as I can, I ALWAYS learn something.

[@GFY1997]

why are you guys putting this guy down hes an inventor/hobbyist just having fun making stuff just like me and you people just talk shit and ridicule us for making things.. well its what we like doing so get over it grow up and do somthing with your lives

[@algaedrone1833]

"By the time you finish, the wives have expired" Damn, this is great. Subscribed!

[@kurtschultz8199]

You missed one critical distinction: "coins" are only issued by governments. In the context that you described, you are talking about making tokens (which may have arbitrary or variable value). Such tokens could be useful in trade, but it could take decades before a post-apocalyptic government might come into being in order to legislate a coinage act.

[@naganomancer]

+Kurt Schultz Not necessarily. A silver coin vs a silver "token" weighing the same amount and of the same purity, would be of equal value regardless of government intervention. Fiat currency is not the only means of bartering.

[@kurtschultz8199]

+linksgard2 What are you trying to say?

[@naganomancer]

+Kurt Schultz I'm saying that the value of coins comes from the metal they're made of, not the government that stamps them. A gold "coin" regardless of who made it, is still gold, and still holds significant value. even if the person or entity that minted it no longer exists.

[@kurtschultz8199]

+linksgard2 Please stay in the context.In a post-apocalyptic world (as alluded to in the video), there would be no government to issue coins. While coins might circulate in post-apocalypse trade, their production would have to be pre-apocalypse. Any bit of standardized value represented by a metal disk, whether made to augment barter or to replace barter, which was produced after an apocalypse, would BY DEFINITION be a token (unless and until there occurred sufficient government to legislate some sort of a "Coinage Act"). To put it succinctly "People cannot make coins (unless they work for a government-authorized mint)".The relative values of coins vs. tokens wasn't at issue. I know that it is possible to make a token that is worth more than a coin, and vice-versa. Considering that a government can mandate usage of coins, when you contrast the values of tokens and coins of equal metallic content, size and purity, etc., the coins have an edge, in the associated "acceptability value"; it can be mandated that coins be accepted, but acceptance of tokens is usually voluntary -- and negotiable.

[@Nighuntah27]

+Kurt Schultz You realize a homeowners association is considered government? Any group within an apocalypse would be considered a government. As to why my neighborhood watch does not mint its own currency is that it is not accepted elsewhere. However if it was to say mint silver coins, a 1ounce silver coin would be worth any other 1 ounce silver coin, although you would not be using them at grocery stores, as they simply do not barter, just as I could not use coins minted in Africa at my local grocery store. To say that a group couldn't make coins is ridiculous, there is no variation between token and coins post apocalypse, nor is there going to be people who know the value of precious metals debating if they should accept a US silver coin vs a groups "pressed token". The only advantage you would have to a pre minted coin is that you are far more likely to have legitimate metals because it would be harder to make a fake. On the other side if people know so little of precious metals they probably wouldn't be aware of a minted coins true value being its material.

[@Larkinchance]

I like it! consistent weight and metallic composition is important. If you have silver wire, measure how much length is 1/4 oz and melt it into a pool, then stamp it... I remember when they pulled the 90% silver coins from circulation (1965). From the very start people stashed away tons of it through laundromats, casinos and places that took in volume of coins. In a post-Apocalypse world you can be secure in the value of a silver quarter by checking the spot price of silver... maybe you could buy a house of an old car with $50 worth of coins. But it would be fun to design coins. Your coin press weight needs channels on either side like a guillotine so it drops evenly... I am an artisan like yourself..

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Congratulations on a complex solution to a simple problem. I've never seen such poor engineering.

[@JohnCanniff]

Somebody's jealous... and you're missing the point. In a post apocalyptic world a coin press does not need to be engineered to perfection.. it is the result that is important. It is just a step above "man with hammer".

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

+John Canniff in a post apocalyptic world, this guy would starve to death working on his useless Rube Goldberg machine.

[@MrKelly-ur7ek]

You should see some other quack shit this guy has done. His crossbow using steel cables looked like a suicide machine

[@jadedlion1001]

Dude with hammer makes coins faster tho

[@Glaswalker1001]

Dude with a flypress is more precise and can do it for hours on end. This thing thou... I think it needs some love from an engineer.

[@TomJoeSHOW]

I want to see more videos of this guy he’s awesome

[@ModernDayWarrior]

"By the time you've got there the wives have expired." Yes. Yes they have.

[@MegamanTheSecond]

just cause civilization ends doesnt mean all the factories and manufacturing equipment suddenly doesn't work we could just generate power and get right back to making things relatively quickly

[@Harleylover14]

I saw a similar machine at a Renaissance fair 10 years ago. I really wanted to make one!

[@jpdurr]

when is this "Post-Apocalyptic" world coming? So much effort for something that will not happen in our lifetimes. Pure Entertainment. Nothing more.

[@dougiequick1]

What if you rested the slug and die in place with steel plate and shot it with a high power rifle? Would that duplicate the weight being dropped at all? love to see it tried just for the heck of it

[@Glaswalker1001]

You can do the math yourself. It wouldn't do. There is not close to enough energy in a bullet to overcome the inertia of the slug and the die AND deform the copper.

[@ben.d3353]

Love the idea and concept of own money. But just a thought or 2. Why no make something that's more push and pressure rather than smacking it? (Genuinely curious). Also if u wanted to make that device shown more efficient, maybe have a rail on the side to make sure u get a consistent amount of pressure rather than use handcuffs. And maybe make a few in a row using a shared crank so u can make more that 1 coin at a time? (Just theorising here). However really cool project and I'm jealous that I can't make one due to lack of resources and motivation

[@russianninjamojo]

I've made coins with dies and a hammer. This is so wasteful.

[@max3zizo]

Exactly, just heat the coin and it will press pretty well

[@nicparker3809]

I am a wizard and float on pixie.

[@williamcornell3599]

Or just cast it with that simple pattern

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

You need a soft metal like silver, gold or lead. Copper is more difficult and iron-nickel are impossible whitout a very strong industrial press.

[@andrewsimmons1834]

Definitely entertaining tho!

[@DustySmalls]

Heat that coin up first

[@Camulus777]

Its copper it will cool to quickly. Besides I swing a hammer and make coins all the time, copper and silver are soft enough where they only need a little force to make them.

[@zygmunthorodyski]

Emmm you can improve your coin press a lot, just search for other cion presses, secondlly you don't need to much force, with simple hammer and moderate strength you can make a decent coin, you just need to heat it.

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

all that effort to make one coin? why not resign it to make a few coins with a single drop?

[@Spacecookie-]

You need to have a system in place for the coins to be of any worth. Their value would be set by the system.

[@paint_thinner]

that's based in a currency system that coins and notes represents something else of worth. In the past, the coins themselves were what was worth something due to silver/gold content.

[@factsdontmatter7664]

That wasn't bad at all. Exceeded my expectations.

[@capnskustomworks]

Brethren, I absolutely LOVE everything you've done here. Up to, and including, generating the ridiculous numbers of folks who are so furious at a guy just having fun experimenting with building stuff!!!

[@HesTNTonPMS]

you're nuts bro you got some good ideas you got some not so good ideas but you're entertaining ! and for that I'll sub for certain!

[@andrewdotcom6770]

this guy one of my favorite people now

[@Dan-ms4oq]

Oh just TAKE my bottlecaps!

[@DiesInEveryFilm]

Brilliant. I'm saving up

[@johnsongibbs6567]

I was thinking of using a hydraulic jack to do something similar.. haven't tried it yet though

[@unigaming9921]

There is no evidence that barter was ever a common way of trade. It is simply too unwieldy. It relies on both parties having something the other person wants, as well as a shared agreement of value. No, barter was only common between strangers who may never meet again, and rival groups who wouldn't give you things for free. Most likely, early economies relied on a gift economy with a sense of debt involved (You need food, so I give you food. I do this because I know when I need new clothes, you'll provide). It sounds like barter, but it's more honour system and the "debts" weren't strict in nature. It's more communal.

[@ABW941]

I think I'll start to buy large quantities of Ciggarets and Whiskey to use as currency after the Apocalypse. Just because civilization collapsed doenst mean the Smokers will dissappear.

[@michaeljohnston243]

Where do you get the dies for your coins?

[@jaaroAr]

Something so Robert Downey about Chris Hackett

[@urjnlegend]

hes the same ,only looks crazy as fuck and is

[@DoodlyDoo59210]

Sounds just like him and gives the same look.

[@adventuresinmetals7636]

Came to the comments to figure out who he reminds me of. But yes, that's it! Thank you.

[@khlausew347]

I like it man, keep on innovating.

[@themattresspolice4040]

As predicted, my cows have left to seek self actualization and I cannot find someone willing to trade for my expired wife -- so I am minting coins.

[@RotaryD9750]

Thanks for the laughs! Good luck.

[@homesteadaquarius]

This was cool!

[@danbiss87]

I expect toilet paper and toothpaste to be a hot commodity when shit goes south

[@domino52o26]

Toothpaste is pretty easy to make, and toilet paper is a waste of resources. I'd imagine we'd all have cloths that we'd set aside to use as tp, and clean them after ward.

[@shaolinwisdom]

I wonder what machine or project gave him that scar on his nose.

[@Camulus777]

Post apocalyptic society will have a very interesting economic system. Before we used coins because they were valued based on what they were made of. Now we have currency backed by a system of debt and its not backed by anything physical. In a world where you have no working government the currency will have to either be something desirable or useful, it can't spoil or rot, and it has to be universal. Without a working banking system the value of a coin it equal to the value the person that you are giving it to lend it. So If I don't need a gold coin, can't eat it, won't make a useful tool, and won't lay eggs, why would I trade you for it? If you had a banking system then you have yourself a system of currency that can be backed by value. People on the outskirts of settlements would probebly be less inclined to sell you stuff for your coins. Trade routes between places that require goods from each other would be first and then a bank would appear from a successful merchant or guild of merchants and then currency. The problem though is that currency will be backed by goods that the bank promises and offer you credit in return. If the bank decides to short your money they will then be able to sell you all your good back to you at a much higher price. Or they can control the currency and increase its value at a whim expecting you to give more goods for their currency. There is nothing from stopping them from doing this especially when credit is involved, the federal reserve does this all the time to acquire tangible items for the monopoly money that they print.

[@coincollectingfun]

Fascinating video!

[@jeanrazac]

But why not just an arbor press?

[@summit_sayem]

A scientist, he may be. But an engineer, he definitely is not.

[@MiguelElAguila1]

Hes crazyvas hell, but very cool video about making coins!

[@whoispriest]

trade a goat for 2 wives? what country do you live in.lol

[@lait3967]

Caesar's National Mint Creating Denarii (2275, Colorized)

[@TechTed1]

Love your Chanel

[@domino52o26]

How's about just use a ten foot lever with fulcrum inches from the coin blank and have the die on a 90° or less pivot. If you're using pure enough copper, silver or gold as currency, just hanging on the lever will imprint it. Using less pure? Put weight on it. Slamming it is stupidly inefficient.

[@toshioikene8200]

Dude with Hammer. Awesome man.!

[@X.davidWilliams]

Huzzah,, this needs more attention.

[@CaStW]

Wow,Awesome!

[@Timodj13]

I like this guy.

[@Derek_Read]

Maybe move the entire rig a bit further away from those pipes.

[@egypthobby]

You do know you can buy hand operated coin press. Had can you mass produce lots of coins this way? When you need to lift tge weight up that far. And for currency to be viable it needs a common value how is that possible when you make your own it would have the same value to the person you are tradeing with. You would be better of just using existing coins buy just need enough for the value to work

[@aarondcmedia9585]

Was the apocalypse caused by money or its pursuit? Coz it looks like you're re-making the cause of the apocalypse.

[@theRhinsRanger]

Aaron DC mediA exactly ;)

[@hitmanchild]

He didn't make pussy, nor modern women, nor modern men.

[@Joshua-hz3cl]

Commie Jk

[@scooter541]

That makes cents!

[@valentinozangobbo]

He really looks like and works like he's coming from MadMax or Waterworld

[@1234falconDL]

omg this guys sounds just like Robert Downey jr!!!!!!

[@MrTrill409]

Why not use a hydraulic press? Seems a lot safer too.

[@AnderEvermore]

Well in the post-apocalyptic world there will be no electricity and a hydraulic press requires electricity.

[@rickcoona]

i appreciate this i can see where you were going with it but you have far too much play in the drop you need much narrower rails for your weight but as a "proof of concept" coinpress. it is a WIN. my next project is a coinpress was looking at somethin like a drop hammer press like you see from the Renfair but i am a DIY kinda guy thanks brother. --Rick

[@domino52o26]

How's about just use a ten foot lever with fulcrum inches from the coin blank and have the die on a 90° or less pivot. If you're using pure enough copper, silver or gold as currency, just hanging on the lever will imprint it. Using less pure? Put weight on it. Slamming it is stupidly inefficient. - also Rick

[@gangaj6415]

it's great sir but try another way hydraulic pressing

[@petersabolewsky4983]

Dude, I am not even going to ask why you have handcuffs

[@raithanderson7941]

I love this guy!

[@bartsaxton7071]

I would love to help you make decent coins

[@Digger927]

Gee, a hydraulic press may do the same thing except a lot faster, cleaner and far less complicated. But nice way to make a Rube Goldberg machine, lol.

[@pheenix42]

+Brent Eason A hydraulic press would have to be ten times more complicated to exert the same amount of force in one impulse. Look up videos of a 'punch press' or even an eBay listing for one and you'll see what I mean.

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

+Alonzo Branson No...a hydraulic press is VERY simple. A steel frame, and a cylinder. A 75-100 ton cylinder will be sufficient and could even be hand pump powered.

[@pheenix42]

AndTheCorrectAnswerIs Well, I ain't no engineer, so you might be right. The press cycle time would be a lot longer if you had to use a hand pump arrangement, which would hinder the production rate, I would think. All things considered, this vid was a pretty clever solution for a potential problem.

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

+Alonzo Branson This guy says he spent "hundreds" of hours of work on this. Look up "making hammered coins" and you will see how easy people did it 2,000 years ago.

[@waynejestings8532]

Hackett WOW I wish they let you keep your show. I think you scared them with all the stuff you where teaching people.

[@Jerbod2]

What a hippy.

[@cri8tor]

When did Eric McFadden start making survival videos for the post apocalyptic world? Just kidding...lol. Great video. Cheers m8

[@killthecensors58]

Once the system collapses, we'll need a lot of helicopters. No doubt about it.

[@19leeryan]

So cool

[@antonisantoniou5668]

So that men thinks that after an apocalypse he will build his own goverment ??

[@antonisantoniou5668]

@christopher snedeker do you really believe in apocalypse? That you will have to fight unarmed persons that are sick and kill them by hundrends.Thats the ideal war for you(too many and too easy to kill) but wars are not like this.

[@theguildofthetranquilpine5360]

This guy sounds like Tony stark

[@AnAngryStorm]

How can anyone so smart smoke cigarettes knowing damn well it causes lung cancer, emphysema, COPD and chronic bronchitis. smh

[@aabatteryalex]

All this just because he doesn't want to swing a hammer.

[@robertstanson7866]

I found my lost brother! My kind. What kinda are ya?

[@rewtdawg9852]

If I was trying to replicate this, why not re-use existing workout equipment that already has 200lbs or more. I'm pretty sure nobody will be using them lol.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

We are far from the 30 coins/min of the traditional hammer

[@brandonberry5186]

Dude I totally need to partner up with you! I found your video for the exact same reason you explained! I’m sitting on 4lbs of gold n 300lbs of silver rite now my original plan was to just make them in grains(shots) to distribute to my workers for payment but I wanted something more... I *WANT MY OWN MONEY!*

[@mrnobody9193]

This is a good idea. Could I get a blue print and credit you?

[@JoePani1]

Cool.

[@RavenRaven-se6lr]

You won’t have any gold they will confiscate it or to scarce to get . Agree and like your thinking prepp

[@DarleneYoungartist]

You are brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

[@jthemagicrobot3960]

the wives expire- lol

[@dhank2242]

Post-apocalypse? More like, middle schooler's scrapyard coin minting project. Does our understanding of physics and metallurgy vanish when the apocalypse happens?

[@hiddenworldforge374]

That is the dumbest drop hammer I've ever seen. Guides are too far apart, anvil is too small, and you don't need a massive reduction like that. Just the winch would lift the ram

[@eqlzr2]

Ha, I love a world where I don't bother to watch the rest of a video simply because of a person's appearance. ;-)

[@na5794]

This seems obnoxiously unnecessary and inefficient if this is supposed to be an improvement on the “dude with hammer” method.

[@dougiequick1]

You could trade for a practical haircut?! For instance?

[@princegreenel]

By practical, you mean "European"?

[@prophez23]

An arbor press from Harbor Freight would do better. And its far cheaper and simpler than that monstrosity. Work smarter not harder..

[@morrisgunn]

Damn if the wives didn't expire while I was trading.

[@karmakittenz69]

Some hateful people in here. Lighten up. Why everyone gotta be so high strung? Life's too short to be so full of hate.

[@TheRealFOSFOR]

Can I make bitcoins like this?

[@coins7149]

i Make these molds for fake coins

[@spencerwilliams9256]

This guy… 😂🤪 has he ever heard of harbor freight? They sell all sorts of multi ton presses. In his mind he is trying to reinvent the wheel only this time they will be square.

[@brendanwood1540]

Dead people can't spend money... Are we confused about what an Apocalypse is? Also, don't you think food, safety, and preparation for winter would be your greatest concern? Maybe a smart choice not to poison your local water supply by working with metals too; and not fuck up the soil PH for growing... Some people never learn, even after 5000 years of example.

[@RetroAP]

Trade and barter would probably be better.

[@hatija786love4]

Why I'm I watching this 😣

[@dr.ayeshaakter3111]

please don’t smoke

[@shinhayata7342]

Go to harbor freight and buy a hydraulic press, dork