Challenge coin rack

[MikeMcCoy]

I posted for ideas a while back and finally came up with this. Most of what I saw on the web was pretty boring and I wanted to be a bit different. This is the third one that was ordered and I still have 4 to do so it appears the recipients like them. This one is Rosewood for the frame and cherry for the 5 tiers. The final finish with be General Finishes varnish. I used a beading bit on the tier edges to give it more depth that looks rather busy in the pics but looks good close up.

[JoeyGee]

Looks great. That compucarve will pay for itself in no time.

I have to ask, though--what is a challenge coin and why does it need a rack?

[MikeMcCoy]

It's a military tradition going back to World War I. Most commands have coins and a lot of people collect them so they need a place to get parked. When you went into a club.... other members of the service would "challenge" you. If you didn't have a coin, you bought the round.

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[Crash2510]

really nice how long did the carvings take on the compucarve

[MikeMcCoy]

The Marine emblem was a little over 12 minutes and the flag was around 14 1/2 minutes. For the folks that make projects for sale, this one seems to be pretty popular as I have 4 more to do. Kind of takes the challenge out of it doing the same thing over and over.

[Pappy]

Beautiful work, Mike!

[Stytooner]

Very cool stuff, Mike. I had no idea you could actually use a cnc machine on wood. I'll have to give that a try sometime.

[Tom Slick]

Looks great. That compucarve will pay for itself in no time.

I have to ask, though--what is a challenge coin and why does it need a rack?

These are challenge coins
http://www.militarycoins.com/marine.html

backstory:
http://www.coinforce.com/challenge-coin-history.htm


I have a few coins from when I was in the USAF

[lrogers]

That is really nice. Glad you gave the explanation for what the coins are.

If you want to "expand" your line bit, may I suggest modifing your design a bit and make domino racks.

[Popeye]

Rack looks super. I've got a friend who's been thinking about adding the carver to his custom WW shop.
23 years in the Navy and 71-94 and I'd never heard or seen anything like a challenge coin. Pat

[mater]

Very nice work. It looks good.

[MikeMcCoy]

Rack looks super. I've got a friend who's been thinking about adding the carver to his custom WW shop.
23 years in the Navy and 71-94 and I'd never heard or seen anything like a challenge coin. Pat

Similar here only '69-95. I never ran into any of them till I started to do some installations at Marine bases. It's a pretty big thing with them (fortunately for me )

[Tom Slick]

Similar here only '69-95. I never ran into any of them till I started to do some installations at Marine bases. It's a pretty big thing with them (fortunately for me )

I don't know about the USMC but they became popular in the USAF about 8 years ago. I was in the USAF for 5 years before I saw one but I was in a non-combat unit at that time.

[scmhogg]

In the 101st, we didn't have coins. When we were challenged in bars, we just got in fights.

Steve