Last weekend I saw something totally different at Knott's Berry Farm that I had never thought about, cut coins. I took Sharon's recommendation (in another thread) and picked up some jewelers blades and gave it a try myself. You can see plenty of mistakes in this picture, but I still had fun cutting it. I taped this one to a piece of 1/8" hard board for cutting and it seemed to work ok. The biggest problem I had was metal dust collecting just below the tape along my cut line making it hard to see exactly where I was supposed to make my turns. Next time I'm going to have to make something that will hold the coin more securely without using tape. The finished coin was 'taken' by my mom within minutes of finishing. At least she let me get some pictures first. 
The jewelers blades I used seemed to be really brittle. The first one that broke left three small pieces on my saw. The second blade broke while I was tensioning it and also left a few small pieces on the table. Either I picked up some bad blades, or they are really that brittle.

The jewelers blades I used seemed to be really brittle. The first one that broke left three small pieces on my saw. The second blade broke while I was tensioning it and also left a few small pieces on the table. Either I picked up some bad blades, or they are really that brittle.
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