How to make a coin purse out of a rock

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/12/how-to-make-a-coin-purse-out-o.html

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[anon61221983]

@frauenfelder

I’m not sure why, but it’s fun to watch the process.

[Lycopersicon]

I really love the end result.
Bear in mind, when grinding stone you’ll live alot longer if you work wet.

[Jorpho]

Spoiler: it’s an objet d’art that looks like a purse full of coins and not an actual functional thing.

[FGD135]

[agies]

The noises that spherical bit made gave me dentist flashbacks.

[rantenki]

Bear in mind, when grinding stone you’ll live alot longer if you work wet.

^This
Silicosis is a thing. Also, it’s cleaner and faster to work wet, and beats your tools up less.

[bluehenbear]

[allenk]

Reddit’s /DIWhy offers a great many more such creations for those who enjoyed this one.

[deltaecho]

[anothernewbbaccount]

Schist, that was good. It’s slated to be the sort of purse a skinflint would use, I feel. But only a stoned person would think it real.

[hecep]

How to make a coin purse out of a rock:

Step 1: Find a big heavy rock, and not so heavy as to be unwieldable using two hands.
Step 2: Locate person carrying coin purse.
Step 3: Carrying your step 1 rock, approach step 2 person.
Step 4. Stand near enough to step 2 person to:
Step 4a: clearly threaten said person with the step 1 rock
Step 4b: instruct said person that they must hand over their coin purse or risk being clomped over the head with the step 1 rock.
Step 4c: accept the coin purse from said person. Note: A two-hand rock requires that the coin purse be thrown to the ground.
Step 5: Instruct step 2 person to exit the immediate area.
Step 6: Verify that the step 2 person has left the area.
Step 7: Discard the step 1 rock.
Step 8: Pocket the coin purse.
Step 9: Run away. Note: Direction of escape should be 180 +/-5 degrees from step 2 person’s direction of escape.
Step 10: Examine contents of coin purse; if contents are not acceptable, return to step 1.

[Rita_Lynn]

That’s what she said.

[cjankelson]

Looks marginally easier than the usual sow’s ear ->> silk purse project.

[Jay_Kay]

What kind of vise is that at 3:20?

[Jay_Kay]

See here as well.

[FGD135]