Making my first Nordic Gold bar, Mixing Copper & Zinc & Tin & Aluminium

I want to make some projects out of Nordic Gold, so I have been looking into different alloys.
The recipe for Nordic Gold is 89% Copper + 5% Zinc + 5% Aluminium + 1% Tin
This is my first Nordic Gold alloy bar, I will be making more alloys in the future.

[@brissyboy7164]

Very nice i like the look of the nordic gold but it only has just a slightly different hue to brass , enjoyed watching that very much ...................... Thumbs Up

[@RoeMantic]

Thanks!

[@ralphmourik]

WOW! Thank You sir! 👍👊

[@stevesrt8]

Nice one. zinc gutters, that's cool

[@JulianMakes]

Bronze is my fav. Nice bar!

[@ReneExner]

Hi Ralph Renè hear just got myself a 3kg Furnace similar to yours and I am going to attempt to make myself some nordic gold thanks for the video

[@ralphmourik]

Great! Have fun but be careful offcourse, thanks for watching and commenting 👍

[@davidcarlisle3384]

Pretty nice (golden) bar my friend 👍😊

[@AliMackMechanical]

That was a fun experiment nice job Ralph. Not much of a loss really pretty cool mate 👍

[@gracierelaxingmusic2623]

Raph thank you for sharing this vedios

[@mr1pearl]

So shiny 🤩

[@harry-metal-melter]

mooi!

[@ralphmourik]

It's OVER 9000!!!! 💪😁

[@AlexGomie]

Nice job dude! Always fun to watch

[@BrutusMetalArt]

Nice video Ralph!

[@Man-in-da-shed]

I must admit I jumped when the Borax reacted, be nice to see the pendant, nice one Ralph

[@mrdando]

Great video, and explained so well

[@TreasureWOMAN]

Awesome

[@SkullerMetals]

Ahhh, new crucible. Always a good feeling.

[@jessicasdumpstergirls2587]

Nice and I share you out on my community tab 😊

[@ralphmourik]

Thank you very much! 👍👊

[@SJWCASTING]

Nice ingot👍🏻

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

I missed the notification for this! I look forward to seeing the jewellery project 🙂👍 Oh also, which bit of my refiners video was it you wanted to re-look at, when I get time I'll dig it off the external drive!

[@nicejunk666]

That was very cool never heard that term before thanks for sharing

[@Slop_Dogg]

Such a lovely alloy

[@IdiotOfTheDay]

This was so interesting Ralph. Hope you're doing well my friend it has been along time talking with my friends on here. Hope you have a great day my friend!

[@littlepumpkin752]

loved it 😁x

[@castingcreations667]

That is so cool. I love nordic gold coins and to have a bar wow. I want to try this when I get the right gear, thanks for the vid Ralph. (D-Kev)

[@michabernaczek1724]

Well done. That was a pleasure to watch ;)

[@davidyoung6608]

That really neat dude. I just look up what nortic gold is. Some euro coins are made from Nordic Gold.

[@ralphmourik]

Yes I was surprised to find this out too, guess I'll be casting my own money soon 🤑😋👍👊

[@davidyoung6608]

@@ralphmourik When you make some send me some.

[@yennieamodia]

thats Awesome.

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

I actually though about these exact elements to alloy, and I just came across this video by chance!

[@ralphmourik]

It's funny and a bit weird how YT works 😁 thanks for watching and commenting 👍

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

@@ralphmourikYour welcome!

[@HeinrichsMade]

Great video 👍. It's weird the circuit breaker kicks because of the crucible. 🤔

[@ralphmourik]

It's a grounding issue in the device I think, when the crucible gets worn down and it's at high temp for some time the earth breaker trips... very annoying

[@HeinrichsMade]

@@ralphmourik that's so weird though. Lol my breaker kicked before a few times. Then it stopped working. The heating coil went bad. I think it was ready to break when it kicked the breaker. Then.... It broke.

[@ralphmourik]

@@HeinrichsMade It has been doing that from just about the beginning but the coil still works fine, gonna look into the electrics in the garage soon and take the furnace apart for a check.

[@SilverScorpion]

Saw you on shark scrappers. You are added

[@ThaiRoosters2019]

Thank you to share🥰

[@scrapwomblecreatives6944]

very nice , am not allowed to smelt metals in my flat now if i make anything now its got to be polymer clay or paper clay sorta takes the fun out of it .I still have my solder pot smelter for pewter after the year 1974 as lead stopped been added then and is much safer. anyway mate its good to watch a pro at work I very much enjoy your shows

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

Thanks

[@ralphmourik]

Wow Thank you very much! 😘👍

[@SollersScrappingandDiving]

@@ralphmourik 🤗

[@DamonsMetalCasting]

It has a nice color to it.

[@ScrappingIrish]

turned out great ralph

[@elang50]

Nice to meet you I'm from indonesia

[@ralphmourik]

Hello and welcome to the channel 👍

[@divingadventures121]

Borax makes slag come to the top…may want to preheat your metal before adding..steam explosions can be very dangerous

[@ManMountainMetals]

🐈👍

[@othername1000]

Historically wheel weights are lead I think

[@ralphmourik]

Correct, they used to be Lead, you still find them sometimes, most are Zinc now, but more and more are changing to iron. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@gulfcoastacrscrapper6523]

#boom1st Brass

[@user-sj9cl9bp3d]

السلام وعليكم اخي هل هذا ذهب وله قيمه ويبتاع بسعر عالى ولا نفسه نفس معدن النخاس من حيث القيمه

[@ralphmourik]

Unfortunately this is not real gold, and it does not have high value, it is very pretty tough! Thanks for watching and commenting. 👍

[@ezekielbreedlove7698]

Percent is volumetric not based on weight!

[@ralphmourik]

I have been doing this for some time now and have done extensive research when it comes to alloys, it is always by weight.

[@SalveenSyeda-us3fu]

Acid pruf copper sir

[@mariotagarro6069]

Sending my full support my new friend DONE THANKS from @WTFMIKE

[@KrakenCasting]

Nice work. My favorite alloy is aluminum bronze, but this has a nice color. I may have to give it a try. What's the shrinkage like?

[@ralphmourik]

Aluminium Bronze is next on my list, I need to get some more different metals for more alloys. Seen some interesting ones that require Bizmuth. Can't tell you much about shrinkage yet though, I only made this bar so far 👍👊

[@massimilianoilardi3571]

Ciao che valore a questo oro

[@ralphmourik]

Nordic Gold doesn't really have an established value, although it has it's usefullnes in some applications. In my case it's more of an aesthetic value. It looks like Gold so it's pretty. 😁 thanks for watching and commenting. 👍

[@bipinmehta4758]

What is the ratio of different metals to make pure gold

[@ralphmourik]

To make pure gold you will need.... Pure Gold, It is a base metal and cannot be created. The Nordic Gold alloy consists of: 89% Copper, 5% Zinc, 5% Aluminium, 1% Tin.

[@bipinmehta4758]

What is the temperature needed and furnace needed?

[@ralphmourik]

Well the electric furnace I use is the Goldbrunn Term 3000, but there are many others like it available, they usually go up to 1150C which is more than enough to melt anything up to copper which melts at 1085C. Propane furnaces are also popular and used for bigger quantities of metal. The most used brand that I know of is called DevilForge.

[@actorchetanbharwad9539]

Onli barsh note original gold check tha metal naitrc acids

[@abeleski]

Ithought gutters are aluminium

[@ralphmourik]

Over here most are Zinc these days.

[@sneakyfingersdevandle8164]

Uh? How do we find these...

[@ralphmourik]

Do you mean the base metals? Copper comes from wires. Zinc comes from wheel weights or gutters. Aluminium can be found in many things, soda cans, heatsinks out of electronics, or in this case from big wires. Tin can be bought as solder without lead, or from pewter with high Tin content, 98% in my case.

[@mubinanwar2301]

how much the price of it ?? where do you sell it ??

[@ralphmourik]

I do not sell any of my bars or casing projects... Yet, if in the future I do start selling items I will make a post on my channel about it. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

[@mubinanwar2301]

@@ralphmourik how much price per kg??

[@ralphmourik]

I guess about 35 USD / 32 Euro per KG or so if I start selling bars.

[@irwintatyana9066]

Like your a melting stove where Can buy one, can you give me informations please do respond

[@ralphmourik]

It is the Goldbrunn Therm 3000. There are many of these electric furnaces available online, just google it and you should be able to find it. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍

[@irwintatyana9066]

Thank you Darling you helped a lot