17 years and 1.25$ short

[fitterjohn]

Built this in shop class when I was in 11th grade. Sat in my parents basement until about a year ago when they said take it or it?s going in the trash. Had an empty wall In the office so I hung it up adjacent to the flag. Cut to a little while ago the girl friend said can I get rid of all these containers of coins( mostly quarters that I haven?t cashed in since I was in high school). Long of the short she made me sort them out and at that point I was able to put them in the map. Denver mint in the middle and the philly on the boarder. Only need 5 more. almost thinking of doing another for the America the beautiful series
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[jhood001]

That's really cool!

[fitterjohn]

Thanks. It’s one of those things that came from having an awesome shop teacher. I remember when the first few states came out and I couldn’t imagine a time when they would all be here. Now they are going to be done with the next series next year. Glad my parents didn’t throw it out.

[beast556]

That's super bad ass!!! Wish I could of made that in shop insted of a cheesy end table.

[Zundfolge]

Ah, so YOU'RE why there's a coin shortage :p

[fitterjohn]

Ah, so YOU'RE why there's a coin shortage :p

Lol I was waiting for that. I have probably 2 gallons of change the gf wants gone from the house

[OtterbatHellcat]

That's really cool!

Yeah, this.

[JethroBodine]

All we got to make in shop class was a cutting board that looked like a fish - well it kinda looked like a fish. The class was discontinued after the teacher lopped off the tips of his fingers one day in class.

[BladesNBarrels]

Took shop class in Sacramento in the late 50's.
Walked into a mid-morning class to see blood on the wall and shop teachers mopping the floor.
A Band Saw blade had snapped and caught the operator.
That was before Band Saws had effective guards.

The project you did is very cool.

[TFOGGER]

I may or may not have been responsible for balloons full of acetylene and oxygen being detonated in the welding hood at my high school. This may or may not have contributed to the hearing loss in my right ear.

[JohnnyDrama]

That's really cool. We did some neat things in my seventh grade shop class.

[newracer]

That is really nice work. I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[fitterjohn]

Thanks for the thanks everyone. Yea We has a cool teacher, we got to do cutting boards out of corian( my mom still loves them), turn ink pens on a lathe, mirror etching( made a sweet light up Camaro sign), cast aluminum in casting sand, build sheds and dig houses, and some wood projects. I’m hoping when my son gets to high school they still have shop class. Learned a got of good lessons there.

[whitewalrus]

Looks nice!

My high school had no shop classes. Did get some in during middle school. I guess it?s good I was forced to do a lot of work around the house when I was a kid.


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[Ridge]

I remember summer of 2000, my middle school class went on a trip to DC. We visited Colonial Williamsburg and spent a lot of time trading quarters with the staff there, since they had DC mint coins and we had Denver mint coins.

[fitterjohn]

That would be cool. I was lucky enough to have grandparents living in Alabama so I could get the pilot ones pretty easy

[JoeRoss]

I like that. Took a good teacher and some skill to make it.


Wouldn't take much skill, in a metal class, to make an air powered blow gun and darts that had enough velocity to puncture a car tire that was driving down the road.
NOT that that ever happened.