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minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4か月前We could always go back to melting this shit.
minus-squareRamRabbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4か月前Melting a modern penny is actually kinda neat. The zinc on the inside melts first, which turns the whole thing into a blobby copper flask. Then at some point the copper rips and all the zinc pours out. You can do it with any small torch.
We could always go back to melting this shit.
Melting a modern penny is actually kinda neat. The zinc on the inside melts first, which turns the whole thing into a blobby copper flask. Then at some point the copper rips and all the zinc pours out.
You can do it with any small torch.