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Coin Shrinker Machine

Photos of the results


Various US coins with their before/after for comparison

Photos of the machine


Cart with four large, high voltage capacitors


Cart with power supply, full wave rectifier, and volt meter


Secondary/safing switch, a shim props up the ring and metal braid
Once the primary switch is shorted, the shim is knocked out the ring drips to short the bus bars


Left: door hinge for primary switch Right/center: anode and cathode and chamber


One of four HV capacitors


Remains of a coil of wire after discharge and safing
Blue painter's tape, green wire insulation, and copper 12-AWG wire


Scrap copper bits from the shrapnel in the chamber

2017 Video Demo

References

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