One for me, one for BamBam and the other to keep.
What are you planning on doing with your extra BCUSA Challenge Coins?
- Thread starter Plainsman
- Start date
For the sun dial, I plan on taking a scrap piece of wood and use a paddle bit slightly larger than the coin to drill a shallow hole into the wood, make some notches at the ends and cut it down the center of the hole and sand the inside down a little bit. Place the coin and use tip ties at the notches to form a vice. Clamp it in the drill press and heavily tape the drill bit to create a stop point at half way through the coin to prevent drilling through the coin.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Dec 25, 2010
- Messages
- 43,889
- Likes
- 322,955
Thank you for your service.
Two of the first batch, one to carry and one spare.
Five to be ordered in the 3rd run, gonna strip and try to patina one or two, the rest will be GAW's in the near future. Have had a few gifts over the years that need to be paid forward.
Five to be ordered in the 3rd run, gonna strip and try to patina one or two, the rest will be GAW's in the near future. Have had a few gifts over the years that need to be paid forward.
any idea what the base metal of the coins are?
i can tell you this much. the BCUSA coin is the same diameter and weight as a solid copper coin BUT the thickness of the BCUSA coin is .030" thicker. much thicker so not copper or bronze.
Last edited:
- Joined
- Dec 25, 2010
- Messages
- 43,889
- Likes
- 322,955
Gold. Or platinum.
There was an Aggie joke back in my youth about bronzing gold coins to prolong their life. 
Do they still Bronze baby shoes?
Do they still Bronze baby shoes?
Same here... I saw your initial Post right about the time the Challenge Coin idea was taking shape, and inspired me to get a couple so I could use one exactly for that. Going to drill a tiny pilot hole through the center of the Coin to start, then gradually and carefully enlarge it so I don't crack the Coin in the process. The raised bump in the center will make it a little tricky to get a hole started but I'm confident I can achieve the desired result.
I’m saving them for gifts. But they won’t be given out all willy nilly. They will be well earned.
@OldSkoolCamper
Yep, me too. I've been diagnosing how to do it without buggering it up, without a lathe. That center bump in the compass rose is the tricky part.
I'm leaning towards a small ball/burr bit in a dremel. Knocking that center bump down, then using the 'ring' around it to center the bit.
I also thought a bout a heavy thump with a center punch, should upset enough material to keep the bit centered, but I had the same thought about cracking it.
The 'inner' direction markings gives the hours, so that worked out well. NNE, ENE, etc., gives a 1, 2, 3' o'clock positions, and so on.
Yep, me too. I've been diagnosing how to do it without buggering it up, without a lathe. That center bump in the compass rose is the tricky part.
I'm leaning towards a small ball/burr bit in a dremel. Knocking that center bump down, then using the 'ring' around it to center the bit.
I also thought a bout a heavy thump with a center punch, should upset enough material to keep the bit centered, but I had the same thought about cracking it.
The 'inner' direction markings gives the hours, so that worked out well. NNE, ENE, etc., gives a 1, 2, 3' o'clock positions, and so on.
i can tell you this much. the BCUSA coin is the same diameter and weight as a solid copper coin BUT the thickness of the BCUSA coin is .030" thicker. much thicker so not copper or bronze.