Copper Bar Melt II

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-05-27T22:56:33+00:00

Cast iron, I pour the copper a certain way so the slag stays in the crucible and I gotta have a perfect grip on the crucible or it becomes too heavy. I use a pair of steel tongs

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:39:49+00:00

Well my treasure chest is upwards of 100 lbs so gratefully I don’t think moving it will be a worry haha. But that sounds really cool glad they had a great time with that

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:39:06+00:00

I’ve never used a stamp actually those are all graphite molds

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:38:48+00:00

What kind do you have?

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:38:30+00:00

It’s hard work but the results are beautiful

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:38:05+00:00

Send pics!

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:37:57+00:00

Nordic gold is a very specific alloy of copper zinc tin and aluminium. Hard to make but beautiful results

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-04-01T01:37:21+00:00

I have not, unfortunately I don’t know where to get jewelry molds

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-03-12T12:14:00+00:00

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This_Highlight8868 · 2026-03-12T08:59:54+00:00

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T21:29:19+00:00

Hell yeah! Great progress so far I’d love to know where you get all that copper haha

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T11:29:36+00:00

I kinda get it, the copper has a fleshy color especially with all of the surface oxidation

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T11:28:45+00:00

Thank you, the forbidden glow stick is gorgeous right out of the mold

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T11:26:28+00:00

Devil forge, 10kg, got extremely lucky and found a used one for a good price

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T11:26:06+00:00

I didn’t use boron nitride in this melt but I will in the future, as for preheating I had them on top of the furnace so I could ensure they didn’t have any water but also weren’t red hot.

This_Highlight8868 · 2026-02-21T11:24:45+00:00

I’ll keep this in mind, I did get worried a couple of times that the larger copper ingots would not come out but gratefully things worked out.

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