First attempt at casting copper bars

Administrator · 2026-01-28T21:22:12+1100

My first attempt at pouring a copper bar.

Cheap Chinese furnace and mold.

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T21:25:20+1100

More flux. Borax

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T21:27:16+1100

Stamp that and sell it on here.

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T21:32:12+1100

And boss be careful of those fumes.... nasty shit.

shinymetal · 2026-01-28T21:39:01+1100

Nice one.
I've got 20kgs or so of wire stripped down and ready to melt That I haven't got around to it yet.
This reminds me I need to get onto that.

Administrator · 2026-01-28T21:40:33+1100

Silver Soul said:
Stamp that and sell it on here.

Can't do that. My son has it now.

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T21:50:14+1100

The mould was not the problem .

Administrator said:
Can't do that. My son has it now.

Smart.

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T21:52:32+1100

Try silver.

Administrator · 2026-01-28T22:33:26+1100

Silver Soul said:
Try silver.

I couldn't melt any of my coins. Not sure where to get silver shot?

Silver Soul · 2026-01-28T23:05:21+1100

I'll send you some scrap silver I have free. It's all .999 to play with. See it as a donation, so pm me