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sportsdude1325
New Member

USA
22 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:01:23

Last week i decided I wanted to buy a ryedale then saw it was like $250 for the cheapest one. So I was like thats not in my budget because I am only a teenager so.....I bought this coin comparitor and build this one.

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My Penny sorter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MlXGWdyzPU (have not messed around with it and need new way to feed the coins - looking for ideas so post on video)

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Edited by - sportsdude1325 on 01/06/2009 22:21:42

Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member

Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:10:14

looks nice.

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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
2555 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:20:07

for a teenager you have some mad carpentry skills. Can you help me out sometime with wood projects?

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natsb88
Administrator

USA
1850 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:22:08

Nate
The Copper Cave

natsb88
Administrator

USA
1850 Posts

Posted - 01/05/2009 : 22:23:40

Looks good! Makes me want to dig out the coin comparator I bought last spring...

How well does it work?

Nate
The Copper Cave

NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
3890 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 06:07:36

Not too bad. Only problem I see is that the small size cups would fill up in no time. Other than that, okay by me.

Deal

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- Samuel Adams

goodcents
Penny Hoarding Member

USA
504 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 06:22:08

no problems with the bottle or coins coming out too fast/too slow? Do you have to shake the thing? I'm curious to see the video when it comes out.
I admire your passion for building a machine within your personal budget!

fb101
Administrator

USA
2856 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 06:34:08

I really want to know if it does anything other than pennies, like dimes, quarters?

Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member

2906 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 06:42:27

how's it work? Was the discriminator modified? Looks like a fine job brother.

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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
1964 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 07:18:38

Looks great. If would be interested in seeing a video of it in operation...

sportsdude1325
New Member

USA
22 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 14:32:34

It works great...but the cups are small but you only have to change the right one because the left one is the copper and not getting to much luck on percents right now. Most post a video tonight but it won't have sound because my speaker broke.

Edited by - sportsdude1325 on 01/06/2009 17:27:48

Ryedale
Administrator

USA
523 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 19:32:41

quote:
Originally posted by moboman

for a teenager you have some mad carpentry skills. Can you help me out sometime with wood projects?

Completely agree, obviously an above average teen, good mechanical/electrical ability as well as sense to understand cents.

Good job sportsdude1325....impressive.

Andy

Ryedale

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sportsdude1325
New Member

USA
22 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 22:19:18

Just put a new video on youtube of it and I put the link on the first post I made.

natsb88
Administrator

USA
1850 Posts

Posted - 01/06/2009 : 22:31:00

Good stuff!

Nate
The Copper Cave

NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
3890 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 06:12:24

Seems to work. Not too bad. Good job.

Deal

goodcents
Penny Hoarding Member

USA
504 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 08:12:41

Thanks for the video.

gatzdon
Penny Sorter Member

39 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 08:42:25

Awesome use of cornerbead.

Now you just have to figure out a way to supply the cornerbead with pennies. Perhaps a hopper powered by a drill. Something circular with slots only deep enough to hold a single penny that with a hole at the top that drops the penny into the 2-liter bottleneck.

searching4silver
Penny Pincher Member

111 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 11:35:52

nice work. I am looking to duplicate this based on your design. Just a few questions?

1) How much did you spend total?

2) What are you using for a power supply?

3) Are those peices of an old erector set used to mount the comparitor?

Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
1964 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 12:11:20

Thanks for sharing.

killerken53
Penny Pincher Member

172 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 12:33:43

Great job, a simple and effective machine. Now all you need is to come up with a wheel to dispense pennies from the hopper one at a time.

I do not know how the comparators work, but I would be very interested to see if it can tell the difference between silver and clad dimes.

gatzdon
Penny Sorter Member

39 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 12:50:33

quote:
Originally posted by killerken53

Great job, a simple and effective machine. Now all you need is to come up with a wheel to dispense pennies from the hopper one at a time.

I do not know how the comparators work, but I would be very interested to see if it can tell the difference between silver and clad dimes.

This particular comparitor (and most in general) have a tough time differentiating copper-clad from silver. (similar to the IHC's and Zincoln's).

I believe the experience with the ryedale which uses a similar comparator is that you get a "concentrate" (to use Andy's words) that would contain most of the silver and about 10% of the clad. That's a lot effort for a couple silver dimes and not knowing how many you let slip by.

sportsdude1325
New Member

USA
22 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 14:52:38

searching4silver....I spend $23 on the comparitor and about $11 dollars for the power stuff and about $3 on other stuff like the harness and the metal corner thing and the rest was all at my house. Also to power it i went to a electronic warehouse place like a little shop with tons of old electronic junk and bought a harness thing that fit on the bottom two pins. I connect the wire to a electroic car cicgrat lighter and plug it into a old 12volt AC thing with a cicrigt lighter hole on the other side.

And yes that is a old erector set used to mount it to the wood because there is a little motor thing in the back so it can't go straight on.

horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member

USA
1641 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2009 : 15:39:27

FYI: If you are building one of these, you can get a "free" wire harness off of an old junk PC. The easiest harness to use is a two wire harness typically used to power an LED (like the power on light). Just solder the harness to the exposed wires of a 12 volt power supply and you are good to go as long as you can manage to plug in your improvised harness into the positive and negative pins on the comparitor without reversing them.

By the way, nice sorter.