Mark
Predaceous Stink Bug
Anyone here ever melt their own silver at home? Cast your own bars and the like?
I saw a video using a propane torch, (or butane-basic plumbing torch) and this guy placed some silver pieces in a crucible with some borax and melted it. He then polished it up and made an interesting little ingot.
Looked pretty neat. I cast my own lead bullets and think I could probably adapt to silver (I realize you need about 800 degrees C, so it's much, much hotter), but the principle seems to be the same.
I saw a video using a propane torch, (or butane-basic plumbing torch) and this guy placed some silver pieces in a crucible with some borax and melted it. He then polished it up and made an interesting little ingot.
Looked pretty neat. I cast my own lead bullets and think I could probably adapt to silver (I realize you need about 800 degrees C, so it's much, much hotter), but the principle seems to be the same.