Nordic Gold Casting At Home - Trash To Treasure - ASMR Metal Melting - BigStackD Copper Alloy

[@bigstackD]

Hey there are you sensational subs back again for a nice Nordic gold melt. The first mold didn't work so I redid it to get a nice piece. It started off pretty ugly but it came out perfect. I'm top of that I did a heap of coins from a woodchip wagon brass nut . Now sit back enjoy today's longer video and I hope to see you all next Friday and as always have an awesome weekend👋🏻😁

[@PoisonNuke]

Hi, may I ask why you not preheat your molds until theyre red-glowing hot so that the metal wont cool as fast during casting, resulting in a smoother surface?

[@martywright1979]

Would love to see that bar outside in the sunlight

[@a1locc25]

I was about to leave the biggest hate comment ever left on a KZbin video if you didn't give those dogs some of your ribs. You did the correct thing though 💯.

[@joshfrank2778]

@@PoisonNuke From wht I read u wanted the mold to be 1/3 of the temperature of the alloy you're pouring.

[@douglascampbell9809]

I wonder if using a pickling solution to rinse your copper would give you cleaner melts? Granted you would have to do it a couple weeks before a melt to make sure there was no moisture left hidden somewhere in the raw materials afterward.

[@heirofaniu]

Copper Tin and Zinc is actually an old recipe that used to be known as gun metal way back in the day. It was one of the primary casting materials used on old bronze cannons and it has this absolutely wonderful deep bronze color that weathers to a rich golden brown. It's not as yellow as your nordic gold but it's still very pretty, I'd highly encourage you to make some if at all possible or if you'd be interested. The recipe was usually somewhere along the lines of Copper 85, Tin 12.5, zinc 2.5

[@joshschneider9766]

There's several similar recipes in a family, to which they and Nordic gold belong. Cast iron bronze aka naval bronze being a pretty cool one to check out.

[@Hue_Sam]

He has melted things as hot as Cast iron (~1204C) before, so I hope to see if his forge can make some Nichrome. (~1400C)

[@ashleywootton9556]

That’s interesting

[@lewisgiles8855]

@@Hue_Sam it took a while but I got CuNi 70/30 out of one

[@lukaslenghart671]

I have no idea how, but you can entertain a person for 30 min straight without saying single word, I love it :D , keep up the great work

[@bigstackD]

That’s what I do my friend👊🏻😁

[@ValkyRiver]

@@bigstackD Hi bigstackD, I have “found” a way to involve both scrap copper and brass making Nordic Gold, as long as the brass contains more than 6% zinc. For example: If the brass contains 60% Cu and 40% Zn, then 81.5% copper, 12.5% brass, 5% aluminum, 1% tin works. If the brass contains 75% Cu and 25% Zn, then 74% copper, 20% brass, 5% aluminum, 1% tin works. In general, if the zinc content of the brass is Z%, then the recipe is: (94 - 500/Z)% copper, (500/Z)% brass, 5% aluminum, 1% tin.

[@lewisgiles8855]

@@ValkyRiver woah there wiz, I like all your equations but is there an easy way to determine the brass's contents?

[@ronquimby5160]

Just watched my first video and now I'm I'm hooked!

[@Sh1neful]

@Lukáš Lenghart check out "shurap"

[@M00j3]

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'd love a video just about the safety precautions you have in place in the event of complications. You do this so routinely I can only imagine you have an action plan for all eventualities.

[@JThyroid]

@@TheInfidel_SlavaUA I think he's talking about the wet towel that was put over the burning sand.

[@GrimSkey]

@@TheInfidel_SlavaUA Just because it isn't a nuclear reactor means it's 100% safe. Besides suction ducts & respirators there are plenty of things that can and will go wrong if done incorrectly. I think the person wanted to know his safety measures because he's interested in trying it out.

[@BlueEyesWhitePrivilege]

@@TheInfidel_SlavaUA he's just saying he would like to see a detailed video where this guy outlines his safety protocols. Stop being a dick

[@nurazidore]

A very nice thought good sir. I notice that bigD has stopped mentioning the repetitive warnings like preheating tools and casts. I suggest you keep doing them BigD, every time you let that on screen, a hazard is avoided.

[@ryankirk2007]

You can never be too safe but that’s some hot shit!

[@lesismore9o9]

Love a Nordic gold melt! And love seeing all the scraps from past melts make their way in. I recognize leftovers from at least three videos. My favorite part of watching your process is how nothing gets wasted.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Same ! It's strangely addictive =)

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Metallurgical fun facts: - Adding 10% calcium prevents certain magnesium alloys from being a fire hazard. - Lithium can actually increase the strength of aluminum alloys, since lithium atoms slot themselves very nicely in an aluminum lattice. - Magnesium likes to do the same with titanium. - Aluminum, carbon and manganese can become magnetic when combined into a single alloy. - Adding a bit of aluminum to gold can turn it purple.

[@davida472]

This is a blacksmiths dream in video games how you are soooo stacked you make beginners admire you.

[@judithcotton79]

I’ve no experience in this nor I’m ever gonna do this in my life but still I absolutely love watching these videos.

[@fausmartinez6342]

@judith te en cantan los cachorritos

[@lewisgiles8855]

The ambient sound quality on this video is really super good! The wind 🌬️ the road 🛣️ and all them naturally orchestrated noises, put you right where you want to be! 🍻

[@TheWabbit]

The bar and coins came out spectacular this time, not usually a big nordic gold fan but can't deny how excellent they look.

[@cooolchick647]

I'm so addicted to your videos and all the interesting components that you bring into your videos! You have created an interesting niche for your viewers and its just utterly addicting to say the least lol! Your videos are calming as well and I know I'm not alone thinking that and seeing different parts of the process and can't wait to see the cute peppers cameos every video! I've scrapped metal throughout my life dumpster diving, picking up off curbside and getting factory scraps and have made little bits of easy jewelry or figures but I wish I had a setup like this! Or even thought about melting it down like you do!!! Man, I would definitely love tohave some of the pieces you make!!! I think you should do a surprise give away every so often! I'm sure there are many like me that would go nuts over little trinkets etc! Thank you for entertaining us!

[@zombiefetladral5140]

Would love to see a pyramid melt... with all the metals melted together, poured into an upside down pyramid mold, and letting weight/gravity separate them.

[@Myrslokstok]

Yhee what is that seams awsome.

[@MrJmita]

You are a master at what you do and it has taken a lot of effort time and years to get where you are thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences

[@chucho6206]

Ready to watch 🍿 anyone else stay awake till 1am 👋

[@mrbreadcat9969]

Yep

[@jasonfoil9888]

3 am here!

[@purushoth1707]

1pm 🇮🇳

[@kuppie186]

1am

[@harunakachiro]

1:30

[@Neto.0ten]

Man never speaks a word yet is (to me) one of the most respectable creators on this platform. 👍

[@emilioburgos1579]

Awesome job brotha! One of the simplest things u do that I just appreciate, is the fact u put the price list of a bunch of different countries of what it's worth at the end of the videos! Thank you for the time & effort man.

[@timothymuir5167]

Very cool….metallurgy has always fascinated me and you clearly have a handle on it, awesome way to spend your time and thank you for shortening the learning curve for me.

[@jessekearsley5519]

That rail you used for collecting the sand is so smart.

[@demonsluger]

looks like just an shelf from ikea pretty ingenious use

[@ilkillaro5266]

I recently bought a 3kg electric furnace for melting metals I can't wait to fill the chamber with ingots.

[@Heneling]

hello!! i love your videos, i even built my own furnace! thanks for all the hard work you do!

[@nowyatsilentdust2072]

I wish I knew you, it would be so fun to find you odd bits of metal to melt. It's wonderful to make new things out of old ones.

[@DjmMik]

I love these Nordic Gold melts. The new coins look great too!

[@stevolkman]

Watching your videos made me more aware of what can be recycled from the demo work I've done around the house. I stripped down as much metal as I can to avoid it going to the landfill

[@spikewillow4552]

Dude that looks Epic ! Really like how you just adapt & overcome keep up the awesome work & have a great weekend guys.

[@gregorycook5305]

I love watching these videos. I'm not sure why but I really enjoy watching these videos.

[@ArtByAdrock]

I still can’t figure out why you continue to do open face sand molds 🤦🏻‍♂️ we’ve talked about this haha. I’m gonna text you now brotha but I’m sure you’re still playing games 🤣

[@chrisrey9644]

Did you make that giant Monkey Island coin? If so, how much do you charge? I need to know how much to ask my wife for! 😂😂😂😂

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@chrisrey9644 ask her for a grand

[@chrisrey9644]

@@southaussiegarbo2054 I'll be sure to try that! 😂😂😂

[@keytefirerefining1355]

I remember watching you at same amount of subs as me. How things change lol

[@ArtByAdrock]

@@chrisrey9644 I didn’t but I could if you wanted

[@dan725]

goddamn I FINALLY found the video where you used the 1000x microscope cam! I knew it was from a nordic gold video, so that narrowed it down hah. I wish you’d use that neat little toy more often!

[@bigstackD]

Yeah mate, I’ll need to pull it out of the box and get it charged up for a future video👍🏻

[@Sovereignty420]

Love watching how clean the coins or bars get when you put them in ice or water like in this video. It's like a transformation of sorts. Really cool effect!

[@Utubedude985]

Man I used to watch this a while back I’m glad I ran back to this in my recommendations

[@tomdickharry673]

When being up late pays off...ending the night with a great video

[@prodigy1654]

Every Tom, dick, and harry would agree with that😂👍🏼

[@Mpayne1472]

It’s the morning here 😂

[@prodigy1654]

Must be nice, it’s 2:30 am here

[@joeykill7553]

Every ingot you polished is the very satisfying part of every video.

[@lateefcarrere1649]

"Bugger this, I'm going to melt something."-bigstackD "It's his fault!"-Bullion and Ingot simultaneously. Another great video with great results as usual. Happy Easter to you and yours, D!

[@Tr1sh4Lynn]

But the dogs looked like they wanted to play with him…?

[@samjohn904]

@@Tr1sh4Lynn huh?

[@IamDavid504]

Me and a friend just poured our first little copper ingot yesterday. That is so satisfying to watch your video that i really wanted to try and that is so fun!

[@domomitsune5920]

I do like it when you make the Nordic gold. What do you melt down all this extra stuff just to come up a Nordic gold is pretty fun to watch. Although, one of these days I love to see you make white gold or even Black Gold. Now that's something I would definitely click on to watch.

[@stosh2112]

Thx for showing your pups! We lost one to old age yesterday. You really take care of them!

[@God_Yeeter]

This was interesting. And the way you showed the leidenfrost effect on the brass coins was very cool (=

[@kennethhamilton5633]

Alchemy, alchemy I know it's evil but... I cain't look away,soo veeerry interesting🤔

[@zorro2757]

If you melt Copper in a graphite crucible and let it slowly cool there until you can let it slide out, then you´ll have nice crystaline structures. I love these and havn´t seen those here😉 To clean the bars, use hydrochloric acid mixed 50:50 with water. Remember protection gear and use a toothbrush to clean them, it´s easy and looks awesome.

[@ARDIZsq]

I love that his schedule just boils down to "get shit to melt, melt shit, repeat." Absolutely amazing. As much as I love Nordic Gold, I'd like to see some more diverse alloys. I personally would like to see Shibuichi (a Japanese alloy of 25% silver and 75% copper) or Shakudo (another Japanese alloy, this time being 4-10% gold and 96-90% copper). I'm voting for the Shibuichi, since the nice dark gray/black patina with the gold colored metal. Maybe you could even do the combination of both known as Kuro-Shibuichi.

[@ThePrufessa]

Where the hell do you think he's gonna find some gold and silver?!?!?!

[@r10101]

@@ThePrufessa I mean, he's done silverware before.

[@catherineharris4746]

Hi if you send me some, I'd make it😂😂👍

[@ARDIZsq]

@@ThePrufessa Well, he has videos where he's done sterling silver and gold before, so I'm fairly confident in saying he knows where to get gold and silver from. And it's not like he has to go out and find it in a scrapyard or anything. Ever heard of the Internet?

[@ThePrufessa]

@@ARDIZsq first of all which video has he used silver before? Secondly, ALL of the metal he uses is SCRAP metal that he finds for FREE. If he pays for the metal it completely defeats the point of projects. Which is to save up a tonne of FREE metal.

[@brockshields9336]

A fun project you might consider.... A field trip, literally. If you know someone who owns rural property that has a large ant den (or even smaller ones make unique sculptures). Take several of your forges to melt plent of aluminum if it's a large den. There are many videos on YT that show the process with a framework of sand around the entrance to safely funnel the metal into the den. It looks like the hardest part is softening the ground with water to safely dig the sculpture free. An ant den sculpture would make a nice addition to your shelves. It would be interesting to find out, if other metals would work as well. A Nordic Gold sculpture?

[@ke8mattj]

I'm still jealous every time I see a melter have such a huge supply of scrap copper pipes since it seems no places around here have them. One of the ham nets I participated on a week ago were making comments on how scrap copper pipes make grear homebrew antennas.

[@joshfrank2778]

We did that at work for our radio antenna, hooked it to a long copper rod.

[@ke8mattj]

@@joshfrank2778 It probably worked great I assume?

[@AmaroqStarwind]

You should try building an induction heater and vacuum/nitrogen chamber, that way you can melt certain metals without them oxidizing.

[@keatoncampbell820]

I've always wondered what the conductive properties of Nordic gold are compared to other copper alloys, seems like it could make for a lovely and practical material for cooling blocks, heat sinks, and even as an electrical conductor for contacts etc. I imagine it's not better than some copper alloys but it is an interesting material!

[@joshschneider9766]

Pretty sure it would make an awesome heat sink. Probably also very expensive one. I can't imagine the cost benefit analysis would favor using it Alot. Definitely seems to be a good looking art alloy though

[@keatoncampbell820]

@@joshschneider9766 I mean it's a bunch of cheap metals, the only reason it'd be more expensive than say brass is economy of scale. After all, zinc, tin, and aluminum are fairly cheap metals to acquire as far as alloys go. Besides then you have *shiny* heat sinks

[@TallCommander]

That shelf is all kind of amazing.

[@redred9000]

Hey BigStackD I am wondering how in the world you manage to get those shots where it spins around the bar (or whatever amazing thing you made) and the arcing shot on the disk grinder? My guess would be some kind of rail or wheel system but I cant find anything on that! I'm so intrested in how you do it!

[@hayden9876]

Look up Lazy Suzan Camera dolly or something like that, there are a lot of different names for it.

[@LJGator808]

@@hayden9876 maybe they're too much of a lazy Susan to research it themselves

[@viagra5207]

he just holds his hands really steady and uses post processing

[@lewisgiles8855]

It's on a drone!🛸

[@TrevorHuisman]

Well ig we’ll never know

[@jameswilliams2182]

Lol his snacks, thought I was seeing things when I saw him pull a burrito out of a bag of rocks in the last video. But now ribs in storage containers I see that's his bit lol

[@scrubscriber4911]

Was a good day for the boys this week, ribs are a step up from cucumber 🥒!! Loved the bar design for the Nordic gold, cool as usual. Have a great weekend and thanks for the video.

[@davidlecompte9467]

Most satisfying unmolding I have seen so far at 20:13.

[@REALLYRANDOMREVIEW5]

I love watching metal works and smelting for some reason lol look forward to next week s project im enjoying these bigstackD keep em coming !

[@spoiledmilk2587]

Idk why but when you took the towel off the mold and it instantly caught back on fire had me rolling🤣🤣

[@alejandroalcala2340]

Great video, as always. I wonder if it would be possible to make a double or triple metal ingot (transverse, not longitudinal). Like those ice lollies that are made of two or three different flavours…

[@Mekelaina]

you could potentially fake one with a specialized mold that youd still pour in like a traditional longitudinal multi metal ingot. im not sure how else you could possibly get multiple metals to pour and cool "side by side"

[@lewisgiles8855]

@@Mekelaina You'd have to pour the hottest metal first and step it down and hope one doesn't melt the other!😬

[@82Beatz]

WHY do i find this so relaxing to watch. Subscribed!!

[@japannersja]

I’m always wondering whats gonna happen when he gets to 1 tonne, like is he gonna sell everything or Just set A new target haha :) keep up The videos its great every friday!! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@kerbalairforce8802]

I believe he said that the new target would be 10 tonnes

[@vicferrari9380]

When he hits the 2000 lbs mark he's going to build up the foundation on the house and build new shelfs lol.

[@JimmyDac3]

I love the fact that he doesnt throw away anything, at least in the video.

[@mapler434]

I wanna see a multi alloy bar keeping them separate to have different layers in the bar

[@BTSDuke]

He did one a few years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp2umZmYo9KLmtU&ab_channel=bigstackDCasting

[@joeledwards6587]

technically speaking that wouldn't be an alloy if they were layered... lol but i get what you mean, i think that would be cool too

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@joeledwards6587 they mean it later as alloys. So Brass Bronze Nordic gold

[@олегворопаев-ц8ж]

the crucible with this gold looks like space

[@powerman1725]

It would be EPIC if you casted a copper beer bottle. Beer makes the world go round!!!!!! Love you man!!!!!!

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

I love… absolutely love the fact you don’t do voice overs or play background music. I’ve watched for about a year and now I kinda wanna know what you sound like.

[@guardian8319]

Probably one of the best pieces you've made i love me some Nordic gold

[@leewolf6434]

What I love most is how absolutely nothing goes to waste! Such a clean efficient worker!

[@katiberry9768]

Nordic gold looks absolutely beautiful. Kinda wish I had a small pendant piece of Nordic gold. I do find your socks to be interesting and sometimes cute. Keep up with the fantastic socks.

[@machinismus]

I love all the animal noises throughout the video . Some great ambiance along with the sound of the furnace.

[@violentinsanity4425]

Showed this to a friend of mine who is autistic thinking they might enjoy the noises and visuals you provide and they are a semi high functional and they were watching intently through the whole thing, the two things they laughed the most as was when you were flattening all of those pipe pieces, and when they saw your cute dogs. Keep Murdering those copper pipes my friend and keep showing those cute dogs!

[@Scrubadub27]

Was it just me or was the crushing of the pipes the most satisfying part lol

[@JMZVIDEOZ]

Awesome ! I love Nordic Gold, I have made Aluminum Bronze but yet to make Nordic. Thanks for the video. see you next Friday

[@bikertrash800]

Always enjoy your haphazard/carefree nature during prep. Casually tossing things around and making a mess, nice bit of comedy!

[@XxMeMeDxX]

genius craftsman best ASMR ever.

[@JoDidntHearYou]

I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to watch the part where you cut up and smash all the copper. That editing is *chefs kiss*

[@timsmith9645]

Awesome bar and coin rounds thanks for sharing bigstackd

[@gusgusloki8680]

Sticky note and board with “sh*t to melt” earned my sub lol

[@Tomcat05warpup]

Dam that's a lot of treasure at the end it's actually satisfacting to see it all

[@NeekkeKayla]

4:15 Is like making soup 😌👌🏾 Slourp, yumm ty. The addition of 24 carots really gives that homey flavor

[@jryan3906]

Great melt! I love the look of nordic gold. Passing 800 kgs. Wow. That goal of 1,000 kgs is fast approaching!

[@Myrslokstok]

Casting is soo cool, even those tin soldiers where awsome to make.

[@marcus_w0]

The addition of aluminium makes this a very tough alloy. Nice for making tools out of it.

[@Techborg570]

I love your videos there are so many information in your video and I love Australia’s envoirment you are amazing

[@museandoporlaciudad6188]

Me, and my family are big fans of your videos, my mother-in-law may she rest in peace, she wanted her and me to do metal melting, so in her memory I'm going to do it, congratulations for your excelent work

[@italiana8760]

Try to make the lost wax casting, the wax goes away inside the mold from the tubes, and a beautiful sculpture comes, the Riace bronzes were made like this

[@SCAPE0GOAT]

The little man in the doorway right at end 26.24 ! Brilliant 👌👍 Great vid mate.

[@marykinnick3865]

This is my favorite metal to watch you melt and mold, Nordic Gold... Thank you...

[@hibernator8198]

As a chemist, I always find the startup of the smelter to be like a giant Bunsen burner.

[@raggedyparrot53]

Idk if you have one or not but a pyramid mold would look sick

[@kcrawford3123]

Seen quite a few vids and appreciate a great worker, a creative grub stasher, and I know a great dude who loves one of God's great gifts... Dogs. Thanks

[@shanemcguire170]

I must also mention something to you... I think the bars you have poured into the sand casting method have turned out better than the ones poured into your open molds. Just an observation, but that seems to be the pattern for your pours. I think it may have something to do with not having the ingot molds hot. I could be incorrect...

[@shanemcguire170]

French Bulldogs, they're like miniature Boxers. Boxer, (large), French Bulldog, (medium), Boston Terrier, (Small), but all of them look like Boxers. Love your dogs!

[@TheTechAdmin]

The way you pretend to keep ribs in odd areas, reminds me of a prank I played on my friend after school one day. I left a frying pan in my freezer while I went to school. Then when we came home (he would usually come to my house after school), I took it out of the freezer and put it on the stove before he could see. Then I turned on the stove fire, when he was looking. I took the pan off the fire then put it on his arm and he yelled like I burned him even though the pan was ice cold!

[@helxbharat1107]

His Place is So Clean and well managed ,, i mean 5S is done very well 👍 wow

[@DARAD-View-now]

*_Главное чтобы пираты про монеты не узнали. А то сопрут! :))_* 👍👍👍❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@bentleyalder5492]

That's the smoothest brass pour I've ever seen! Usually it's chunky like partially frozen soda or spoiled milk lol.

[@kmikl]

I came here for French Bulldogs and melty stuff, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome.

[@joshyelin4432]

i love when you do nordic gold. One day, i will grow up and make me some too...

[@genopharaoh7962]

The bar came out so clean

[@rio23xh89]

The sanding was my favorite part but the whole video ❤

[@keithelder2958]

Got my wife watching yours videos now. She loves your dogs.

[@PNWOverland]

man, if those shelves finally ever fall down, you're gonna have a hella of a time sorting all the different metals and alloys.

[@jayden619]

this took playing with fire to another level

[@sirMAXX77]

Your videos make me want to do this. Seems very gratifying.

[@RosiePosey5150]

I never heard of Nordic gold before I started watching this channel. You did one before unless it's a repost. I think you could definitely get away with that. They are so good that old or new we still watch and enjoy 😉 😊 ☺️ 😌

[@eyeofbass]

The more I watch, the more I’m liking French Bulldogs. Those two are sweet. Love ‘em.

[@GinaR]

I really enjoyed the video and that bar was Wicked! I also liked the rounds.

[@juzzy753]

To keep this clean you could put it in a block of silicon resin/epoxy to handle or make a show piece