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Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:52 pm

Post creative uses for pennies here.

Here's one I came across today, someone decorated this table top with a penny mosaic: http://imgur.com/a/wn2el
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby RichardPenny43 » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:46 pm

Pretty cool!

I gotta try making a penny table this winter...
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Morsecode » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:49 pm

That pattern is really nice, has an interesting 3-D effect.

But I'm wondering why he took the trouble to glue each penny down. Wouldn't the clear coat hold them in place well enough?
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Thogey » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:06 pm

Morsecode wrote:That pattern is really nice, has an interesting 3-D effect.

But I'm wondering why he took the trouble to glue each penny down. Wouldn't the clear coat hold them in place well enough?


Probably because if he bumped the table or his cat jumped up on the table he would have to start over.
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby justoneguy » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:21 pm

from Popular science,
Make a holiday LED light powered by pennies
http://www.popsci.com/article/diy/make- ... ut-pennies
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby RichardPenny43 » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:43 pm

Thogey wrote:
Morsecode wrote:That pattern is really nice, has an interesting 3-D effect.

But I'm wondering why he took the trouble to glue each penny down. Wouldn't the clear coat hold them in place well enough?


Probably because if his cat jumped up on the table he would have to start over.


LOL!!!
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Morsecode » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:31 am

Point taken :clap: :lol:
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Morsecode » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:41 am

Let's Go Brandon
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Re: Creative Uses for Pennies

Postby Recyclersteve » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:15 am

The wall and table top are both very impressive. Can you imagine putting a lot of time into assembly and then things don't align properly? That would be awful. Also, I wonder what someone would sell these for? It might be a nice money making opportunity for those who are comfortable they won't make mistakes who have the patience to put something like this together. It would also be important to have a good marketplace somewhere where you could be comfortable that you'd be able to sell these works of art. I wonder how many hours it took to put these together...

Also, I saw something once that I thought I'd mention here. Years ago, a coin dealer (who has been out of business for a long time) showed me a clip clock. It was a clock with twelve Lincoln pennies. The one on top had a decent sized clip in the 12 o'clock position on the coin. The one on the bottom had a clip in the 6 o'clock position and so on. I can't remember what he was asking for the clock, but I remember thinking it was one of the neatest things I'd seen.
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