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====General Procedure====

====General Procedure====

* Punching the hole:

* Punching the hole:

** To begin this process, you want to begin by annealing the selected coin.  If you haven't annealed before, it would be best to get a shop supervisor who knows what they're doing to help you out. It might also help to first do this in a darker room to know about how long to heat the coin up for until you see a slight glow. Over heating the coin can cause deformities, and you sure don't want that.

** To begin this process, you want to anneal the selected coin.  If you haven't annealed before, it would be best to get a shop supervisor who knows what they're doing to help you out. The goal is to achieve a slight deep red glow (which appears before a bright orange glow) that indicates the coin is sufficiently hot. Overheating the coin can cause deformities, and you sure don't want that.

** After annealing the coin, proceed to the coin holder (the giant brass screwy thing) and open it up to find the best fitting spacer to center the coin to the best of your ability.  No coin is perfectly circular, so don't waste your time here.  Before you actually proceed to punch the hole, make sure to screw the top back into place, and then take the punch (flat side up) and slide it into the hole on top of the coin press.

** After annealing the coin, proceed to the coin holder (the giant brass screwy thing) and open it up to find the best fitting spacer to center the coin to the best of your ability.  No coin is perfectly circular, so don't waste your time here.  Before you actually punch the hole, make sure to screw the top back into place, and then take the punch (flat side up) and slide it into the hole on top of the coin press.

*** In order to get a more secure fit, you can use a paper towel to go around the spacer.

*** In order to get a more secure fit, you can use a paper towel to go around the spacer.

** After everything is in place, using a hammer, slowly hammer the punch through the coin until you feel it give.  You don't want to punch it all the way through to the bottom of the press for this might ruin this glorious device.

** After everything is in place, using a hammer, slowly hammer the punch through the coin until you feel it give.  You don't want to punch it all the way through to the bottom of the press for this might ruin this glorious device.