Is the Penny Hoarder sorter worth it?

[mleblanc138]

http://penniesnmore.weebly.com/products.html

It claims to be able to sort 7 coins per second, which would add up to 25,200 per hour. It's fed manually though. It's $114.95, and the automatic variant called the Penny Miner is $369.95. While I can afford to drop $500 on a Ryedale, I'd really rather not drop that kind of money on a sorting machine. Ryedale seems to no longer offer their sniper model for $100.

 

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[Coppercrazy]

I can sort through a box of cents in a little over an hour. That's keeping the copper, WAM errors, wheats, Indians, and other errors. I wouldn't get it but that's just me.

 

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[ragz]

Coin chute feed issue with comparitors

Decided to order up enough parts and pieces to build a couple coin sorters for myself.

After enduring continual jams and misfeeds at the entry point of the comparitor; I finally came up with an easy and cheap fix to guide the coins through this chute.

Picked up a section of cable channel or Wiremold 1-5/16-in x 60-in Cord Cover for home/office the kind with two pieces that snap together for organizing cords and affixing it to the wall.

Essentially I cut the mold to length and utilized a hot air gun ( type like a hair dryer but hotter ) to shape my coin chute to the proper angle and radius. Then used a glue gun to mount it to the comparitor.

Then found that the occasional jam ( caused by the many sticky nasty cents being sent through the hopper ) were difficult to free up.

So, I found some clear plastic and made a slit in the middle to make it easy to remove stuck coins, paper from coin rolls, etc.

This will help all with their sorting machine projects.

 

[Coppercrazy]

No. Look for varieties and errors too that's where the money is at.

 

[crhgymnast1]

Where did u get the hopper at

 

[ragz]

Purchased the MKII hoppers off of feebay ... then I ordered more parts from Suzo Happ website; hopper extensions, comparitor mount, base clamp etc. cube hopper at SUZO-HAPP

I've built two machine for just under $200 including comparitors. One used CC-16 Coin Mechanisms and one new "comparable comparitor" which I don't suggest anyone buy if at all possible. It works, but has too many issues being a plastic china knock off. Model CH-268T

 

[crhgymnast1]

There's a copper sorter on eBay for like 30 idk if anyone has seen it or heard about it I wa thinking if buying it

 

[ragz]

I can sort through a box of cents in a little over an hour. That's keeping the copper, WAM errors, wheats, Indians, and other errors. I wouldn't get it but that's just me.

Fun

 

[50cent]

or get one of these,a penny miser, if you really want to drag the time out. have "song of the volga boatmen" playing while you sort, it will make a second turn into a year, a minute a decade, and an hour a century.

 

[ragz]

What's the link or model number? Can it sort through six cents per second?