Home Made Silver

Anyone ever thought of making a necklace out of silver pouring the silver into fishing sinker moulds?

Regards Errol 43

 

I thought a muzzle loader shot mould work nice

 

good work. the 925 bar I tried to make with my brother on a coke/coal burning forge turned out to look like bird doo doo ... after I buffed it, shiny shiny bird doo.

 

Thanks! yeah ill Never sell it =)

 

I like it. I want one.

Could you do one to order.... eg if I wanted a 5oz bar for 5oz + Xoz commission

I was thinking a video of my bar being made and stamped with my name and some 9's would have to be as good as a certificate to me.

Would make awesome gift stacker friends.

 

I"ll have to start considering it seeing I've had a heap of requests, but at this point probably not, sorry =(

 

I have made quite a few silver bars doing very much the same thing although I used Map gas instead of the oxy. I have a video on my YouTube channel of the end results. Check out guseva1 on Youtube and "Lets make a silver bar" nice bar by the way!!

 

are you sure it .999 and does not contaminate with other material while you pour or melt it??

 

Yeah Ive seen it, you inspired me to make one! I would like to make some 5 oz bars but I got no more silver to melt. =( shame to melt down those epic nuggets you have? they are rare as hens teeth I think??

Also you stamped any of your bars? I'd like to see one if you have.

 

Did you get any of them tested for purity?

 

Well I guess Im lucky to have a decent supply of the nuggets. I have gone as far as speaking to the Perth Mint Refinery and its not a problem for them to assay the bars. They can either remelt one of my bars, or I can drill a hole through one of them and supply the drill fines to be assayed. Either way its around the same price of about $150, and to be honest I just havent got around to it as yet

 

I was surprised how quickly you picked that bar up out of the water bazil. I was squirming when you went in for it.

 

Hi Here are a couple of photos of a 3ox triangle bar I poured out of some scrap Stirling I had lying around, I think it looks way better than it did as a couple of old broken chains.







I used the the method of cutting the shape I wanted to pour into some wood and using a candle to coat the hole with carbon.

 

whaaaa? how did you get the edges all round and what did you buff it with? that looks nice man!

 

werewolf ammo?

 

Niiiice one Richard! Nice smooth bar I think the triangle looks cool.

So did you use a triangular Graphite mould? or how did you cast it? and how did you get the nice finish in the last photo?
I hit my bar with a little polishing drill and some silver polishing clay to give it a highly polished look. come up nice

 

Thanks guys I saw your bar Bazil, thats what Inspired me to have a play. I wish i had a wee dremel or something it would certainly make it easier.






Thats it I cut a triangle out of a pine plank, lined the inside with the thick smoke off a candle. Gave it a blast with the gast tourch when the silver was ready and poured it in.

I just melted some junk silver down with a little canister gas torch with the yellow "fatboy" can. The normal propane wasn't hot enough to get it fully liquid it ended up like a honey kinda texture and came out looking like a turd.

I just used 80grit sandpaper to take the borax off the top, 320 to take it to a smooth and 1200 to take away the scratches. all with water and then polished it with silvo.

I found to get the rounded corners and top smooth was a matter of getting the silver that comes out last to be the hottest as I poured it. then it set smooth and didnt take so much finishing.

 

Nice job bazil and Richard!!

 

hmm...fibreglass mould of a real perth mint bar that you could turn into your own crucible?

 

Nice work, Makes for a cheap mould. I wasn't too sure how wood would work. Could make any number of shapes and sizes with wooden mould I guess.

where You get the stamps from?