You are having cold pour issues, the graphite mold itself is drawing the heat out of the metal too fast. Recommendation is to use oxy-acc or oxy-propane to heat the mold to a dull cherry red before you pour to get a much better and complete casting before the metal cools to the point of no longer flowing and leaving the "lumpy" effect. Also just before pouring introduce a dusting of borax or boric acid powder on top of the melt to help remove oxidation. For your quinching water disolve a little borax or boric acid to also help remove oxidation. These simple tips will improve your results considerably.
@SILVER-DONKEY5 ай бұрын
Silver seeker. Always great watching. I too am a novice at Smelting silver. A couple of tricks I learned were used a bunch of Borax when smelting sterling (It keeps the silver molten longer)and When pouring use a hot torch pointed on the silver. Keep up the good work
@jacktregellas43555 ай бұрын
Hi SS, nice first try pouring sterling. Sterling typically contains copper to make it more durable. Copper melts at1984 degrees F and silver melts at 1763 degrees F, so the lumps in your pour tells us the kiln is not hot enough. also sprinkle borax in to clean the silver and use a carbon rod to pull out the impurities prior to the pour. also, the mold sinks heat into the brick quickly so fire brick would be a better choice to hold your mold and will not crack or splatter hot brick pieces around. lastly, the hotter the mold is the better the pour I use a second kiln to preheat the mold to a glowing red then a map gas torch to keep it hot before and during the pour. the Lazer is a great idea. thank for the show and pour on.
@jonathancrocker3664 ай бұрын
I would totally love to see more videos like this one. 👍👍
@Moe-bz6je4 ай бұрын
Wow SilverSeeker you do it all. That's a real nice bar!
@ddprepper52275 ай бұрын
Awesome 😎😎😎😎💯
@Marioscorneraquatics4 ай бұрын
Those things look awesome. That engraver would make some pretty cool coins with blank rounds
@rodolfomora62034 ай бұрын
Love these sterling silver pours i have so much sterling scrap from years of hoarding it that i want to turn into a big bar
@1997CARDSxx5 ай бұрын
SICK DESIGN 😝🔥
@FoxValleyStacker5 ай бұрын
the past two weeks i have been looking for scrap sterling to do exactly what you showed here. thank you for doing this. i am going to continue looking for scrap sterling so that i can make rounds and bars soon!
@emilevoyer1235 ай бұрын
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
@milessakauye88195 ай бұрын
Hi Seeker, this vlog was very interesting, thank you. The tools you use make it very easy to be creative.
@THEDRAGONBOOSTER84 ай бұрын
I think it is fantastic and something that I would be interested to get into..
@TOTOD-TOTOD5 ай бұрын
Fascinating video Seeker.
@rtwebbjr5 ай бұрын
I've notice that other youtubers that pour silver, tend to have a map gas torch burning to keep the mold very hot.
@ricktimm32275 ай бұрын
Alsome show,cool bar. Good luck on the new channel
@nap41hb675 ай бұрын
The finished bar looks awesome !!
@richardhutchison31235 ай бұрын
I absolutely enjoyed this @silverseeker !!! The video is awesome!!!!
@sirfitz81255 ай бұрын
That laser is awesome!
@sarge272715 ай бұрын
Kudos!!!
@PCa-lv7lp5 ай бұрын
Very very nice !
@robertclark29595 ай бұрын
Nice "Book of the Dead from Evil Dead" look to that bar 😮😂
@jeremyweymouthsr20105 ай бұрын
i loved this have you seen the video where a guy grows like alot of silver in a bucket i thought that was wicked cool
@DavidCeplecha5 ай бұрын
really found video interesting and informative
@joewhite47435 ай бұрын
Hi Silver Seeker! That looks good.😎
@ericaydt35934 ай бұрын
Nice SS emblem
@Richmart19555 ай бұрын
❤ Very interesting ❤
@stuartsmith77645 ай бұрын
I would have heated to a bit higher temp on the furnace and kept a torch aimed at the trough of the crucible. I think you got a lumpy pour due to a lack of heat. Also use borax as mentioned by another comment. Still really cool though!
@Revenant_Dancer5 ай бұрын
I see ToAuto used this on their Facebook stream. Nice
@duanedas53465 ай бұрын
Keep your touch on as your poring
@timsmith96455 ай бұрын
Awesome video nice silver bar's that design was awesome and subscribe to your new channel thanks for sharing silver seeker
@Draylis645 ай бұрын
If you ever want to start melting / pouring, never use an Electric furnace, always go propane, you'll save such $ in the long run. Just some advise from years of smelting.
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
I don't have anywhere to use a propane furnace my friend my garage and work area is too small.
@Draylis645 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker np bud, just saying a set up like a Devil Forge with Propane, will give you a much nicer and cleaner pour. I always cringe watching those electric furnaces. Never know when those crucibles will fail and spill molten metal into your furnace. Be careful bud. Ditch the electric, and go propane. Much safer.
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
@Draylis64 again, I cant... there's literally nowhere for me to operate a propane furnace or I would for sure. I've no doubt your right btw, but gotta work with the room I have. I will say though that when I pour pure silver is comes out amazing, sterling is always a nightmare for me
@Draylis645 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker all good bud, I just don't think you understand how little space a Propane furnace takes. You can easily set up a propane furnace in your garage. I have one in mine. I have a 3 car garage. 2 cars in the garage and a devil forge in the 3rd. Just something to look into. Those electric furances are horrible. I'd never use one. Plus with a Devil Forge, you can make much bigger pours. I mainly melt Copper and make 5 pound bars.
@sixfigureskibum5 ай бұрын
Propane allows O2 saturation that leads to gas pockets marring the bottom of the pour. Also when doing inquartation for refining the propane requires much manual mixing of molten metal that seperates before you can pour the shot . The pulse inductiom bkends the metal clean and fast. .925 no O2 saturation issues. Tbs sipver can dpuble volume with O2 saturation in molten form. Not oxidation
@PRyan_Limerick5 ай бұрын
Love to see a sterling Silver cast mould pour into a Dragon or Eagle figure. That would be cool if you can find a clay sculpture artist to create the mould.
@SILVERTONGUESTACKER5 ай бұрын
That’s killer! Great job!
@ehrenkrause98615 ай бұрын
9:45 My best advice for you is to go 100 to 150° hotter than you already are and then let it sit a little bit longer in a crucible when it's at temp. That's the one thing you got to be patient is just letting it get the fully temp and then it'll pour nice and easy
@rossmanIVXX4 ай бұрын
I wonder if you had an assistant with a blow Torch at the ready to heat up the mold. As you're pouring if I would make it solidify a little bit less as it fills the mold
@LizaJane845 ай бұрын
Yayyyy 🎉thank you!!!
@drunklejoel66175 ай бұрын
what was the weight loss after all of the lasering?
@Acill5 ай бұрын
Id imagine using the torch after the pour in the mold to remelt may make it settle better?
@Eric_A...5 ай бұрын
thanks 👍
@Sandman600775 ай бұрын
If you keep the heat on it as your pouring you'll get better results.
@mightykingmalard5 ай бұрын
Ok… wow. That’s effing slick. I want one.
@silverwishes60005 ай бұрын
Great video ❤
@2manyhobbies9715 ай бұрын
Love it! So cool.
@TheQuickSilver1015 ай бұрын
I've subscribed to the new channel. I'm looking forward to seeing content there!
@limestonebasin5 ай бұрын
Awesome job! They look very cool. As an FYI, keep in mind that a lot of jewelry is soldered together which has a lower silver content. That starts to make it tough to figure out the exact purity of the silver. You could throw a bit of fine silver into the next one to roughly account for it. Overall, pretty cool to watch and I liked learning about that laser.
@SW-rb9cr5 ай бұрын
Nice
@The1guyUdontreallyremember5 ай бұрын
Gotta Love silver!
@deathcom045 ай бұрын
Try heating the mold more thoroughly. From the outside in. So it doesn’t act like a heat sink and cool your molten metal so quickly.
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Will do thanks!
@brandonteal72115 ай бұрын
Man I wish I had some of these tools lol. I don't have enough silver yet to pour anyhow. Time to save for some new tools
@Blue_Siberian5 ай бұрын
like gold do you need to add anything to help separate the contamination?
@ralphlageman42855 ай бұрын
Very cool.
@Seven-Seven-775 ай бұрын
I would refine it to at least 999 - laser look awesome
@Revenant_Dancer5 ай бұрын
Backup is gonna be a good channel !!
@nap41hb675 ай бұрын
Rough looking bars,needs some smooth and shine!!
@Teacher-13885 ай бұрын
Great bar.
@Sturika5 ай бұрын
Pretty cool Seeker! 👍
@chadwolfeschledgelsteinhau96975 ай бұрын
Bring your temp up as well
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
It was 1150C, sterling melts at 950. Will another 50 make a difference? I could try it. For reference I pour pure silver at 1100c and it pours perfect every time.
@ralphbryant45755 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker the cooling time is your main issue. Regardless of the "melt temp", sterling will cool quicker than .999 Your mold needs to be MUCH hotter. The graphite used in the mold draws much heat off the silver causing the silver to "cold cast" before it flows completely.
@lesliefranklin18705 ай бұрын
Sterling silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper.
@red7fifty5 ай бұрын
Try a Vibrating Tumbler for polishing.
@PasSpareTime5 ай бұрын
Fun video
@Blue_Siberian5 ай бұрын
when you re pour the other one maybe laser it with the design in silver and the out line in black kinda identical but not ?
@pmfox1555 ай бұрын
Those are epic, how much to buy?
@tomcastonguay28475 ай бұрын
That bar looks so good. My stack at the moment just got going. My first lot was 5 one ounce rounds. This order I went with the 100 gram bars. Nice for barter. Until now my stack is silver coins from all over. Peace love & stardust. TomCat
@goldsilverjunkie5 ай бұрын
It’s the copper in the silver that makes it look like crap, there’s no way to go around it unless you wanna watch few SREETIPS vids and refine it to 999😊
@vincemurry42015 ай бұрын
My lightskinned brother that was CHOICE. LOGO /LASER/TECHNIQUE, NICE.
@kingglizzer5 ай бұрын
I like the dragon on the side, but the other side could have been the eagle.
@mrmainevent18725 ай бұрын
You make me really really wish I was rich.
@bloodCount88955 ай бұрын
Looks like the necronomicon haha
@gregorygibson54555 ай бұрын
Hello silver seeker
@Weatherfactsnews5 ай бұрын
I want to get my wife into silver by making a custom round but I have no idea who to go to
@Stax-ht9md5 ай бұрын
Super interesting - and the bar looks great! Sad to hear the Ghost Monkey is going for a remelt... but that's the point to building your own.
@JohnnyCollins-cv4gx5 ай бұрын
wish i had one of them 15:31 silver bars📡 you could use the laser to clean old coins 📡 maybe that would work l don't know 📡 get debris junk off them 📡
@mrg53995 ай бұрын
U should of used pickling solution for the bars , or better yet should of used nitric acid to remove copper for sterling silver jewellery u had to get higher purity silver bars.
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Bit advanced for me but maybe in the future I'll try to learn how to do that :)
@chadwolfeschledgelsteinhau96975 ай бұрын
Borax and scrape the top it will get pureure
@sixfigureskibum5 ай бұрын
Pretty tpugh to smelt .925 up to .999 . It can be cuppel3d but you need a large cement lined crucible
@1997CARDSxx5 ай бұрын
Are you not using borax? I’m not an expert but I’m pretty sure that helps quite a bit
@scruffyscrubs54685 ай бұрын
Wow!!!!
@karlberger1465 ай бұрын
Used to call that "making a cush"
@kaynef66375 ай бұрын
A jeweller told me if you want a clean pour with Sterling that you have to melt it hotter than pure silver because of the copper . Sure the melting point might be 900 but if you don’t want that gluggy look you need to go hotter
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
I was at 1150, next time I'll try 1200
@wasillastacker5 ай бұрын
Looks to pour a lot like brass does in an open mold.
@MAGA_Extremist5 ай бұрын
I wonder how much the electricity cost is to melt that silver that you did
@JohnnyCollins-cv4gx5 ай бұрын
♻️ Enjoy your show thanks for your time ♻️ ♻️ Silver is good ♻️ just subscribed to your new channel ♻️
@Revenant_Dancer5 ай бұрын
But copper melts much higher so the consistency takes a hit ?
@fringeminority56765 ай бұрын
Laser work looks great but the bars look like crap
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Yea that's why I was clear that sterling pours horrible for me. Pure silver pours great
@camelotcandle5 ай бұрын
A better way to clean sterling silver is jeweler's pickle it will eat thru all that black
@stackerMannsrabbithole5 ай бұрын
I think you did great Seeker! Silver pours nice and copper pours nice. But sterling is a bitch. Ive only tried pouring sterling once. Well the same batch almost ten times. Finally just settled with an ugly bar. Your lazer engraving and the logo are 💥 seriously. I love custom pour videos so bring us more!
@victorjubinville57205 ай бұрын
So it's not 999 pure silver I take it but very interesting. Read some of the comments that seem to be helpful. I would go with a fire brick over a cement brick. Still a good video. So it's not 999 silver but like 90% so how does that sell?.
@Blue_Siberian5 ай бұрын
just my opinion but first off, the size of the crucible is awfully small
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Thats not the issue, pure silver pours perfectly, including 20oz bars
@LizaJane845 ай бұрын
That is SOOOO COOL❤ I hope you're going to make a few to sell!!!
@PapaKryptoss5 ай бұрын
He has an auction coming up this coming Saturday so I’m thinking he will have some to auction off
@NickelNationCoinsMore5 ай бұрын
👍
@warreng26595 ай бұрын
Keep heating the metal as you pour it.
@sixfigureskibum5 ай бұрын
Sterling oxidizes because the copper. I make sterling coins and find a hot closed steel form to produce clean non oxidized silver. It really needs a good anerobic environment to pour clean. Anyone whose made sterling jewlery has dealt with fire scar ruining a piece durring a solder proccess becouse too mych heat not enpugh flux
@sixfigureskibum5 ай бұрын
Sorry scale not fire scar .. its been 30 ywars since i made jewlery
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info!!!
@sixfigureskibum5 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker thanks for the content!!! Love your trans contental price checks.
@fgstacker5 ай бұрын
Looks more like a Yeti than a monkey.. ;)
@WhiteRaven127735 ай бұрын
the only thing is it was apart of history and once its destroyed its gone .. all the years and all the history ... but yeah just junk today 50 years a rare collectable
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
It was old broken jewelry my friend.
@WhiteRaven127735 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker Carson city coins in the case where just cumbersome .. till enough was gone and cracking parties taken effect now the cased ones are a bit more collectable
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
@WhiteRaven12773 CC Silfer Dollars and old broken jewelry are completely different things. The GSA dollars carry a small premium on the commons years, a bit more in the key years but nothing major. CC dollars are all low mintage, so regardless of whether or not they're in GSA packaging they still have value. Old broken jewelry, not so much.
@WhiteRaven127735 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker all fair points .. and its your stuff free to do with as you please .. just saying .. never know
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRaven12773 Fair enough you never know. If it was all complete good condition jewelry I'd agree with you for sure btw.
@jake80775 ай бұрын
The EAGLE and the SS ....NOT a good look dragon ..... (think 1940's Germany)
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
Doesn't even look close to the same stop
@jake80775 ай бұрын
@@SilverSeeker okay, sorry, I just have some family history ...i see the world differently, very sorry ..I love your videos
@SilverSeeker5 ай бұрын
@jake8077 I get it and no need to apologize. It was a horrible time in our history for sure.