Pouring, Cleaning and Stamping Silver Bars at Home! Some Tips Hints &Tricks for Hand Poured Silver!

[@Josef-n1v]

Joe from California here, for evening out the silver bar, sand in a figure eight motion. The motion automatically sands all the angles.

[@SilverOceans]

Great video! I’d like to see how you will antique that bar too! 🔥🦈🌊

[@DiCelloPiano]

great videos , working with pianos (the woodworking), whenever we need high-grit sandpaper and don't have any handy; we use paper bags - I've heard it said that a paper bag is 1000-3000 grit sandpaper... it's amazing how a little moisture on a grocery bag or school lunch bag can help smoth a poly-finish or shellac finish , nice to see that technique in silver-smithing thanks

[@MinerBill]

Just caught the end of the live stream, will have to watch it back . Love watching you work 👍

[@SilverPlatoon]

Great video mate 👏 Very informative! I am currently getting ready to pour my own silver bars myself out of intrest & really enjoyed your video mate, keep up the good work 👍

[@rosemansolutionsllc9028]

Great work

[@NathanielOutdoorAdventures]

That was so cool to watch. Beautiful bars

[@marcuscato9083]

What other methods could you use to stamp the bars when they are finished? Stamping with a hammer seems pretty error prone.

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

Good stuff...I enjoy metal work

[@brendonnevin3005]

Enjoyed this video. Really nice to see what happens to go into your beautiful bars. Hoping to have a go one day.

[@michaelhatzinikolis8351]

I'm going to need you to send me some poured silver bullion...my favorite!!

[@austintrees]

Awesome video, love the behind the scenes videos a lot

[@BackyardBullion]

Glad you enjoyed

[@theresabetaway7775]

You make quality look so easy when thats not easy id love a 100gram Ingot bar they're so beautiful and hand poured stamped fantastic thanks top fun 😀.

[@AlohaStacker]

This video will be valuable when I start my pouring journey... Hopefully in the fall!

[@roczilla2405]

Dang missed it great video as always brother keep them coming

[@kahlquist]

Thanks for sharing what happens behind the scenes.

[@BackyardBullion]

No worries!

[@lewisoverfield5294]

Thx for the video and tips for pouring, looking at doing a little bit of it ourselves going to buy shot to help keep the cost down 👍

[@TheSilverSlacker]

Another great informative video! Thanks for the peeks behind the scenes.

[@BackyardBullion]

Thanks for watching!

[@silverstanger1103]

Thanks for the great tips !!

[@BackyardBullion]

No problem!

[@jayrad017]

How many mm is the large stamp?

[@TheLiamis]

I have a few kg of silver on thinking of making into smaller custom bars.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I hate how silver is lost from sanding. Can you burn the sandpaper eventually to recover the silver?

[@hardstylelife5749]

Great video, very informative...always been fascinated by this process. May I ask what kind of silver are you melting? (From scraps/raw/coins..)....I hope I didn’t miss it in the video

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

Nice

[@MAGASTACKER]

How big is that stamp?

[@coindude6799]

Great video and great tips thanks

[@BackyardBullion]

Thanks for watching!

[@IndecisivPanda]

How do you hit it that hard without bending/warping the bar?

[@BackyardBullion]

Magic!

[@noecarrillo4391]

Where can i get the stamps

[@BackyardBullion]

I have mine made by this company: www.mshaw.co.uk/

[@noecarrillo4391]

OK thank you

[@domingodelatorre1309]

Can anyone tell me if a 1Ton Arbor Press will exert enough pressure to imprint into a .999 fine silver bar?

[@BackyardBullion]

More than enough!

[@waynerichards3490]

Dose the burner burn through the mould or do you have to be Careful with graphite as I've not poured silver before

[@darrylmorton-wright3477]

Where can I get a stamp made to press into silver please

[@BackyardBullion]

If you are in the UK www.mshaw.co.uk/

[@brandonbarthel3739]

For some reason I can not get the ripple effect in any bar I make. Doesn’t matter what I do just doesn’t work

[@BackyardBullion]

You need the magic touch! Do you use a blowtorch and graphite mold?

[@brandonbarthel3739]

@@BackyardBullion yes I do. But just won’t work for me. Ur video I just watched made it look super easy 😁 Jealous a little bit

[@BackyardBullion]

I'm sorry buddy, keep trying and experimenting with different set ups. Change any variable you can think of. Are you using 999 silver? You won't get ripples with anything less.

[@brandonbarthel3739]

@@BackyardBullion no worries. I’ll eventually figure it out. It’s Sterling that I refined. So it’s either pure or close to but I’ll try with 100% pure see if that’s it. Thank u for the advice. Love the videos

[@BackyardBullion]

Yeah, unless it's 999 it won't ripple property.

[@nerduk1706]

Great video, as always! are you just doing commissions? or will there be bars available on your website?

[@BackyardBullion]

I do commissions and later in the year some will be available on my website

[@kevindraughon3438]

At what temperature are you pouring?

[@BackyardBullion]

1050 degrees Celsius

[@dontask8979]

Looks like adding silver shot to a mold to get the weight right, and them melting it in the mold would be the way to go.

[@BackyardBullion]

Yes, but you need to have the right equipment to do this, I dont

[@TheFutureisTheFuture]

why does it look like there is blue flake in the bar? Just the lighting??

[@BackyardBullion]

Those are crystalline structures of the cooled silver. It happens when the air temperature is very cold

[@TheFutureisTheFuture]

@@BackyardBullion I thought you do this in your kitchen... How cold is it?? 🙃

[@BackyardBullion]

I do, it doesn't have to be that cold, 15-16 degrees sometimes does it. If I do an early morning pour in the winter it could be very cold!

[@TheFutureisTheFuture]

@@BackyardBullion interesting. I'll have to try that. Looks cool 👍🏻

[@jiricek127]

Hi, I want to ask. I also melt silver into bars, but the graphite crucible doesn't last long. After only a short melting, it crumbles. Do you use borax? I have a small electric furnace. Thank you :)

[@BackyardBullion]

Yep, it's part of the process, graphite crucibles degrade over time, I manage about 8x 90 minute cycles out of mine then I have to buy new ones.

[@Moon-magic109]

What type silver are you melting? Aren’t you devaluating the price of silver by turning into a bar?

[@yaseenkhaliq]

Hi Where is the best place to buy silver in the UK ?

[@BackyardBullion]

www.thesilverforum.com

[@yaseenkhaliq]

@@BackyardBullion I went on the website. Its everything legit ?

[@BackyardBullion]

Yes, it's the best place to buy and sell by far

[@LatimusChadimus]

Practice makes permanent*

[@robertkeating1899]

👍

[@anylife_photography]

Why can't you just weigh the silver before you melt it, so you just pour the full cup?

[@mickeylickey123]

I do that but during the melting process you lose silver. I noticed a layer of dust on the work bench, swept it up and melted it. It weighed quite a bit. It's hard to judge how much over weight you have to make it before melting. Sometimes I end up under weight and have to remelt

[@anylife_photography]

@Mike G lol, this comment was a while ago and I've done some melting myself since then. So, i understand why now. 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the reply though.

[@LatimusChadimus]

First

[@LatimusChadimus]

Vinegar is diluted acetic acid lol very very diluted