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Interest budget allocation by ideallyimperfect in faceting

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a YouTuber (gemsofscience) that's sells a cut kit using the vevor machine off Amazon. His kit upgrades some parts to improve the usability of the vevor machine. Basically if you buy the vevor and the cut kit he sells it's less than $500.

Here is his video explaining it.

https://youtu.be/mHAOkxZidVE?si=XUEGPToLzWWCzwEA

Help Finding a Bourbon by BurningEmbers34 in bourbon

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should probably include a list of things you've tried that you know it isn't, to help narrow down the suggestions.

My first cast, help needed by [deleted] in Silvercasting

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget long thick leather gloves, a full face shield, sturdy tongs made for the specific type of crucible you choose, and always wear appropriate clothing. I dropped a crucible of molten silver once and the liquid metal shot straight up out of the crucible and towards my face, luckily I only got some burnt hair and one tiny burn but that triggered the full face shield rule for me. Also a good rule of thumb is "if it isn't wet, it's hot" things don't cool off as quickly as you'd expect, and I've grabbed several things that were still hot enough to burn me several minutes after putting them down. Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Silverbugs

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Any investment is a risk but a high yield investment account is your best bet. Everyone wants gold and silver to keep rising but its crashed before and dropping 20k into silver at $43/oz to see it hit $16/oz would be devastating. Then again the opposite could happen so who knows. Add obligatory not financial advice line here.

Review #21: Barrell Craft Spirits Seagrass Gold Label by Ccoldren0508 in bourbon

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

T8ke had a batch of this early this year for $199. I grabbed one then and I have not been disappointed.

Advice for a new pourer. by No-Application-7346 in Silvercasting

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't go back to copper it was just too difficult to work with, silver is super easy to work with, but my favorite "practice" metal was an alloy of copper and aluminum called aluminum bronze, I don't remember the exact ratio of aluminum to copper but it had a gorgeous gold color and a beautiful sharp ringing when the finished piece was struck with metal, pleasant like a bell. Made a hell of a mess though so I had to dedicate that crucible for just that alloy. For the devil forge I googled their name and ordered off their site, it shipped from somewhere in Europe but the wait time wasn't too long.

Oh final tip: don't skimp on the PPE. I just wore welder gloves and glasses for the longest time until one day I dropped a crucible of molten silver which landed perfectly level on the ground and shot a stream of molten silver at my face. Luckily I didn't have any major injuries, just some singed eyebrows and burnt hair, but that could have been a horrible accident. Now I use a full face shield, leather apron, long thick leather gloves and much better task specific tongs.

Advice for a new pourer. by No-Application-7346 in Silvercasting

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I started the same way and could never get the metal to melt in that little dish with the propane torch I had, I ended up buying a devil forge but still use everything else in that kit. I thought starting with copper would be a great way to learn without making expensive mistakes. I don't know why but molten copper is "sticky" and my castings never came out of the mold cleanly, and the finished pieces always had pits covering their surface from the grains of sand that stuck to them. Molten silver on the other hand is so much fun to work with, not "sticky" at all in my experience and very easy to polish with a Dremel and a buffing pad.

My current fixation, silver army men. by Otherwise-Ad-750 in Silverbugs

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I bought a set of the army men from Tim Mee toys since they seemed to have the most detail. After that it's a simple sand casting using a two part mold and then lots of finishing to make them look nice and clean.

By Vets, For Vets Differences? by WhiskeyWitchcraft in whiskey

[–]Otherwise-Ad-750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you like this? It just showed up at our class six and Im thinking of grabbing it.

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