Silver Creation from 10oz .999

in #silverstacking5 years ago (edited)

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5.5 troy ounce .999 silver leftover from 4.5 ounce pour.

If you are a silver stacker you may be interested in this post. It is pic heavy with a lot of great pouring and silver pictures.

A friend of mine here at steemit got me interested in pouring my own coins, ingots, bars, keys you get the picture. I am looking around the house for interesting stuff to turn into silver molds.

You know how some people bring out the best in not just you but everyone around that person? Well @saffisara by no coercion just by being herself got me interested in this new hobby.

Today I decided to do my first silver pour.
I had the furnace, the 10 ounce silver bar, the molds, the clay, the tongs, the magic crucible, gloves, goggles, long sleeves, fire extinguisher, pavers, sturdy table, hammer and all the other tools needed....oh and discord.

What I really needed was confidence.
My two cheerleaders/encouragers were there and they made the difference.
@saffisara and @eveningart I could not have done it without you two ladies!!!

I was on discord telling them step by step what was happening.

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Top number is what the temp is bottom is what is needed. Top is 590 Cel top is 1094 Cel.

"Okay it is heating fast"
Silver melts at 1769 but the furnace needed to be at 1094C (2000F) to throughly melt.

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Getting closer.

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Almost there.
Around this time
@eveningart said "I think that deserves a SQUEE!"

"A Squee I asked?"
She replied
"An excitable noise by this idiot here
That's why I couldn't be trusted with one of these. I basically revert to toddler mode"

I told her that she knew as much about it as I do. Lol

She was being so encouraging.

I briefly jumped off discord and donned all my protective gear, shut the dog up in another room, told my son with special needs "to sit on the couch and don't move. Unless," I added "something bad happens, then call 911".

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The mold was made.

It's time to pour. I opened the lid and peered inside the furnace eyes, blinking against the heat. I felt hot everywhere like being too close to a volcano.

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The silver was pure and clear. It appeared to be magic water from a high mountain, unpolluted spring. It beckoned to me "drink me, drink me".

At that temp were it to spill or splatter or be sipped what would happen?

I looked it up later when typing this post. If it were the tiniest split second of a touch. The Leidenfrost Effect would turn the moisture on my body to steem and if the hand, appendage leg was removed quickly enough a steem burn would result.

The problem would be pulling back fast enough without getting any metal on me. If the molten metal was in contact with my hand, leg, esophagus a tiny, tiny split second longer it would burn a hole straight through my body devouring nerves, bone whatever got in the way most likely assuring amputation.

Dear friends, no matter how much it beckons....I am not going to touch or drink it. Kids and adults please don't attempt this in your own living room!!

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The sand is on fire.

Here is the exciting part....:24 second video


If your speakers are on I was holding my breath. The sound like Darth Vader I think was coming from the sand on fire sucking oxygen in. Pretty cool huh?

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Just poured

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Little cooler

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Notice the black ring of burnt sand and the orange still good sand.

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Once cooled the silver came out easily (I still had heavy leather gloves on).

I poured the sand mold level full but the "water" silver was much smaller. As the silver cooled it increased in volume. Resulting in a 4.6 ounce pour.

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The lion burnt his little nose on the sand but it can be polished out.

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Meanwhile back on the farm.....the furnace was unplugged turned off and cooling....4 hours later with heavy gloves I was able to empty the crucible (silver holder).

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Look a DRAGON tear.

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Dragon tear from the other side.

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Massive crucible round 5.5 troy ounces

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The 3 silver AMIGOS.

I want to say once more how precious the encouragement and excitement was from these 2 ladies @eveningart and @saffisara
There assistance with creating this post was/is amazing.

Thank you Sara for your always encouragement.
Thank you Evie for your excitment, for checking to see if I was safe and that my house was still standing after all of this.

You ladies are the most precious part of this post to me!!!

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Wow...now u can made your own silver coin.The process look hot!

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Coins, bars, jewelry whatever you imagine.

U can create your own keychain logo or pendant or wow...so many things😍

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That's true was thinking about doing a silver key and making a necklace out of it.

Now that's a nice chunks of silver :D

Will you pour some more?

The first pour went well but I have other molds and can do much better. I have the 5.5 ounce and the 4.5 lion which I may pour again. I also have the dragon tear but is a shame to mekt that again. Thanks for the comment and for stopping by. I will follow your posts

What a cool post! Neat poured piece you've created.

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Well, thank you. If you want me to create something just for you, let me know. I will follow your posts. Thanks for the comment and stopping by.

Just noticed you are a gear head. I will be pouring a great gear design tomorrow.

I love this so much my friend and Hey... YOU did all the work 😜
I was just a happy excited audience who was happy to be able to follow the process.
It really is so cool to se how it works and the cool results 😉👍

Your passion and ideas is incredible and never be afraid to share your mind in whatever way you want 😘 your amazing!

I can't wait to se more of this.. Lol
I'm glad Evie got to se it too, she's addicted now to you know and she blames me 😂😂 hahaha
But I love her so I'm happy to giver her some of my Stackitus... Although mine never seem to get less... Only more by every package 😂 hahaha

Thank you for sharing this with me..love that piece 😍

Much Love 🤗💕🌹

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Should record it next time!

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Awesome idea. Will need to round up a tripod. Did you see the :24 second video of the sand burning when the silver was poured?

Doing 3 new silver items today that should be interesting.

Epic post! Thank you so much for involving me while you were working o this- I loved being on the spot while it was happening! The piece has turned out really beautifully too. SQUEE 😂

Enginewitty is right- if you can manage to rig up a tripod, it would be fab to see the pour in action.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next. Thanks again for being so generous in sharing this experience with me.

Evie x

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I just added a short video to today's post. It is 30 seconds. Will try to get some camera help while I pour so you can see it in action.

This is super cool.
What great looking pours and how exciting to have two lovely ladies encouraging you!

They are beautiful inside an out @eveningart & @saffisara
Thanks so much for your compliment and so much for stopping by. I will definitely follow! If there is any kind of pour you would like to see, please let me know. I will be getting some graphite molds in which will give a less rustic and crisper image.

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