Hand pour hobby thread

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  1. FortySeven

    FortySeven Member

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    By electrolysis.
     
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    sterling-nz Well-Known Member

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    Great idea for a thread.
     
  3. mrg9grn

    mrg9grn New Member

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    You having any problems with it
     
  4. FortySeven

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    No, works great:-
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    The only problem is that my PS is limited to 3 amps, which slows things down somewhat.
    I'll make another sometime with more like 10 amp capacity.
     
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    Not sure but I thought it wouldn't really work when over 4 amps I'm probably wrong I'm just going off what I've learned from watching youtube vids
     
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    It dose look like a sweet set up buy the way to mite have to get back to you when I plan to give it a go for some tips if that's ok
     
  7. Antalon

    Antalon Active Member Silver Stacker

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFMxeUR6Woc[/youtube]

    1000 amper car battery on this setup
     
  8. FortySeven

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    I think you're confusing voltage with current.

    Yes, over 4 volts apparently causes other metals to be deposited (or some other undesirable effect), but the current can be huge. I believe they run hundreds or thousands of amps in large scale industry.

    I run my cell at 3.3 - 3.5 volts, but my power supply will drop that down if the current reaches 3 amps.
     
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    Ahh my mistake in my confusion thanks for correction.
     
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    Swirly gold..

    *drool*
     
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    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    ^^^ Its a work of art! Beautiful.
     
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    Antalon Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Do you do this with all silver, including generic scrapper 999 bars and rounds?
     
  13. FortySeven

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    I've not done anything with stamped bullion bars or rounds.
    All my silver has come from silverware and pre-decimal coins.
     
  14. FortySeven

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    My newest babies:-

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    200g, 5toz, 2x2toz, 1toz

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    I'm still having trouble with slag (crud from the furnace blowing into the crucible)
    The 2 large ones have just had a mild acid dip to clean a little of the scum off.
    The 3 smaller ones were worse and I've scrubbed the tops with steel wool.
    (Need to rebuild the furnace)
     
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    mrg9grn New Member

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    What kind of furnace set up do u have
     
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    magickookaburraride New Member

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    After doing so many bars with the pretty swirls, decided to play around with a different surface on the bars...so I tried something like Scottsdale Silvers Tombstone nugget bars .

    It looks MUCH better in person, the pictures don't capture it at all...and its completely smooth in the hand...no sharp edges at all.




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    SpacePete Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Very nice! How did you create that finish?
     
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    Small ( 8 oz ) Ball peen hammer

    To not go batty from the loud silver ring, made sure whatever part of the bar I was striking ...was centered in my non-striking hand.
     
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    "Coffee Can"

    Interesting effect. Looks time consuming though...
    And I imagine a fair amount of care required to get an even distribution.
     
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    Amazing as always! Here's some of my recent pours.

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