Today I made.....

[GoldBenj]

@dixiesilvergirl Thank you very much!

[dixiesilvergirl]

I only made the video but My husband did his largest pour to date 31.30 Ounces  last weekend...

 

 

[GoldBenj]

@dixiesilvergirl No top?! braver man than me ?

[dixiesilvergirl]

LOL after years of commercial welding and making large metal art, he told me this was so much nicer and less hot..

 

[BackyardBullion]

Two big bars made today!

[BackyardBullion]

Been up since the crack of dawn sanding a new mirrored piece!

[Pipers]

This is one of my favourite threads on the silver forum,  all you guys certainly put a lot of effort in. 

[Goldhooked]

On 04/10/2017 at 03:58, Oldun said:

Not me but love the video production - classic yanks I'm guessing - luv it.

 

I love that bar from the wooden mold!

[dixiesilvergirl]

I made a video, here is a furnace tip for all that pour 

 

[BackyardBullion]

 

[BackyardBullion]

Today I made a huge blister & a mirrored long bar!

[Uwink]

.....I reckon that's silicone 

[BackyardBullion]

13 minutes ago, Uwink said:

.....I reckon that's silicone 

I wish it was!

[Guest]

1 hour ago, BackyardBullion said:

I wish it was!

You should do a blood sweat and tears series lol great bar 

[BackyardBullion]

1 minute ago, Jordie said:

You should do a blood sweat and tears series lol great bar 

This is basically that series. I skinned two fingers on the sand paper as well as creating that huge blister!

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

This is basically that series. I skinned two fingers on the sand paper as well as creating that huge blister!

Haha Brilliant, the finish looks great as they always say; No pain no gain ?

[Goldhooked]

@BackyardBullion how much silver do you reckon you lose creating a finish like that?  Can you collect and re-use the silver dust?

[BackyardBullion]

9 minutes ago, Goldhooked said:

@BackyardBullion how much silver do you reckon you lose creating a finish like that?  Can you collect and re-use the silver dust?

It weighed 2.68 oz when I got started so it was a total loss of 6.5 grams (there were some big curves on this bad boy!).

I have the dust but the problem is it is all mixed in with the sand from the sandpaper. 

If I was a commercial jeweller then I would probably keep it all and then have it refined back to use again but I just dont think that would be worth the hassle and the cost. 

So a normal mirrored piece (like this heart)

Would only lose maybe between 1 and 1.5 grams of silver to get it polished because it is pretty even surface already. 

So over the whole of the 20 or so mirrored pieces I have made there has probably been about 1 oz of silver lost in a year - such is life!

[BackyardBullion]

So it's not precious metal...

But I did do some pouring today...

Making a bunch as part of a Christmas care package for friends and family full of homemade things only!

[Thelonerangershorse]

5 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

So it's not precious metal...

But I did do some pouring today...

Making a bunch as part of a Christmas care package for friends and family full of homemade things only!

How can you resist trying to cast a Christmas tree in silver?

[BackyardBullion]

1 hour ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

How can you resist trying to cast a Christmas tree in silver?

God that would be awesome to do! Sadly the mould would need to be a split graphite mould (or sand casted but I am useless at that!) And I recon this mould would cost £150 - £200 alone!

Also a solid silver tree this size would be about 20+ Oz!

Maybe a smaller version next Christmas!

[Thelonerangershorse]

1 hour ago, BackyardBullion said:

God that would be awesome to do! Sadly the mould would need to be a split graphite mould (or sand casted but I am useless at that!) And I recon this mould would cost £150 - £200 alone!

Also a solid silver tree this size would be about 20+ Oz!

Maybe a smaller version next Christmas!

I was thinking of lost wax casting, no idea how that would work in practice though.

[dixiesilvergirl]

I love to make videos because that means I get to see silver pouring...

[BackyardBullion]

Brand new mould...brand new piece....

Possibly my most favourite mould/piece I have made to date!

This Aztec Pyramid came out at 10.77 oz 

[BackyardBullion]

"Today I made" a 10 kg box of silver goodies for hallmarking!