SILVER!!! And The Giant Buchner Funnel

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[@TheRealGKV]

The blue colour of the solution is incredible.

[@richardoleson7934]

As a former lab tech, I beseech you to rig up a ring stand and some sort of support for that sweet setup. It looks as though it might get a little top heavy. Thanks for sharing your work. I've learned a great deal from your channel.

[@cracklingice]

I too have concerns.

[@nickmurphy6515]

Exactly what I was thinking maybe even just a small wooden stand or something.?

[@bigtxbullion]

Same. Was thinking even a thin ring mount as secondary support.

[@JeffJeffers0n]

Yup, was gonna say this too, without some kind of supporting stand that thing is a disaster waiting to happen.

[@youbannedmealready5825]

Nothing a big ankle weight can't weigh down.

[@danielparsons5519]

I can not wait for the "big melt". Great work.

[@SaraJean85]

Am I the only one that says 'F. Yeah! a new video!' each time it's posted!!?!!

[@timtom9450]

As of now 7 of us agree with you. 😁

[@colbywalker142]

20 f. Yea!

[@SteveandSusiesHomestead]

Big F ya.. Theses videos are part of my wind down at the end of the day to help me sleep.

[@sledgenwedge]

No no you are not I to get equally excited when I see that he has got a new video

[@ScrappingIrish]

not on your own lol

[@timk.1395]

I look forward to watching you make a bunch of silver bars.........and then putting them in a STACK! Thanks Sreetips for another fun video.

[@chinosts]

Another great video Sreetips! I am super psyched for the big melt video.. it's going to be great! Thank you for the great content, and special thanks to Chris for that awesome funnel donation as it made for some fun viewing.

[@capt.stubby245]

Hey Sreetips. Chris is a good one. That is about about $200. + retail. Send him some .999 stuff. He earned it.

[@harlandbiggs5635]

My jaw dropped when you pulled up the bucket full of cement silver.... holy crap

[@jt4369]

You are the undisputed king of home-melts, and EMPEROR of refining silver here on KZbin. Can't wait to start seeing SREETIPS branded kilo bars!

[@davidbarron107]

no your not only one.i was waiting patiently for a new release.i give a thumbs up straight away and then I check for the lenght of video.the longer the better.lol. keep them coming quick and fast sreetips

[@philbartoli2011]

That thing is massive. Keep getting anxious that you are going to bump it with your elbow.

[@skwervin1]

Slightly wet the Buchner funnel before putting the filter paper in - slightly bend the paper in half and touch it in the centre of the funnel then let it ease down on the edge before using a little more water to seal it. The dampness will grip the paper and help hold it in place while you seat it properly. I used to use ones like this - there is a knack to it but you will get it in time! Might want to get some clamps or grips to help hold the funnel to make it more stable - maybe a ring like you would use for a mantle. Or maybe a bigger fume hood??!!

[@TheZombieSaints]

That is one big buchner funnel, jeezus! Good stuff 👍👍

[@charleswise5570]

That new Buckner funnel is pretty cool! Save you a lot of time and energy! Maybe try to find a bigger flask for it.

[@bigtxbullion]

Am so sad this was only posted 5 hrs ago. Was hoping it was a couple days and that perhaps the forging video was already up! 😅 it's been 25 years since my chemistry labs but I find this absolutely fascinating. You are the walter white of PMs, well without all the drama and illegal activities of course. Keep it up and we'll keep smashing that 👍 button.

[@sreetips]

Bravo!

[@sledgenwedge]

I've been watching your videos for quite some time now, never ceases to amaze and entertain. I've been watching KZbin for almost 15 years and you're the first person I've ever heard to use the word gargantuan.... love it

[@timtom9450]

You have a cool hobby-job! I wish I had the means and knowledge to do that. 👍🙂

[@macoppy6571]

Start by getting a copy of Refining Precious Metal Wastes by C. M. Hoke. Watch all of sreetips videos and take notes. The world needs more hobby refiners.

[@Abdulhadimakhouth]

Thank you for your good effort and great and useful work from your experience

[@panteleon1]

that clean blue copper solution you can sell it in gallon jugs to nickel plating shops

[@dennisgeroux4483]

Another interesting and informative video for processing silver.

[@percyvile]

Great video, exited to see the silver smelting for shot! Have you done a video about your lab safety and general practices? How you buy your chemicals, how and when you dispose of them, what you keep in your lab (IE kitty litter for spills).

[@shaneyork300]

I'm looking forward to seeing the big furnace and crucible! Especially when you have a big batch of silver and you point the camera towards the molten silver in the crucible, what a site that will be!! Have a Great Day My Friend!!!

[@kriskemp4952]

You are a genuine individual

[@markjohnson1460]

Always so cool to see how science works

[@uncle_thulhu]

Loving the ridiculously large funnel.😂 My only worry would be that it must be massively top-heavy. Might want to clamp the collecting flask to something.

[@dinosaurswithlasers4930]

I love these videos, thanks Pete.

[@daveinglis6610]

another brilliant video, thank you from scotland

[@dadhuntscoins]

Beautiful pour lines. Beautiful crystal. Just plain awesome watching.

[@LiborTinka]

I have this Büchner funnel, but plastic made from 2 pieces. I could not afford the ceramic one, but it is still good for most filtrations I do (aqueous and alcoholic plant extracts) and easy to clean. If you are scaling up, consider a filtering adapter for reactor vessels that attaches through KF flange - it saves a lot of work as you don't have to transfer liquid by pouring, just do your reaction and then let the mixture flow through the bottom while filtering it at the same time. Sintered funnels are also great as you don't have to rely on paper filters, though little harder to clean (you need hot nitric acid to clean the sinter). For the vacuum filtrations, I use chemically resistant double diaphragm pump - this beasts are expensive but survive even the most aggressive acid and solvent vapours.

[@sreetips]

I use the two-piece plastic funnels for rinsing cement silver. I use a HVAC vacuum pump from Harbor Freight. It’s been in service for about ten years. I prefer paper filters because I can save, burn and process them for precious metals. Good info, thank you.

[@andrewsmith9678]

Order a devil forge. Start watching bigstackd on KZbin.

[@sreetips]

Will do, thanks

[@geneburlette7307]

Chris sounds like a great guy!

[@chriswinsper2073]

Looks like you need to run another 2 silver cells alongside your other one. Great job 👍👍

[@sreetips]

That’s an idea

[@brianhbinesh]

I would like to see you rig up a plastic 5 gallon bucket and turn it into a vacuum flask. Use a lid that Seals really well and the cut a hole in the lid so you can put your filter funnel. Drill a hole in the side of the bucket near the top and put a connector for the vacuum hose. It scares me seeing large beakers and flasks made out of glass full of precious metals in solution and or dangerous acids lol. Especially when you have to keep moving them around while they are full.

[@sreetips]

Some use plastic and stainless bowls to do the work. I prefer glass because I can see what’s going on inside the beaker.

[@jetman1963]

Sreetips, What a funnel man! This will change you operation for the better!

[@josephcormier5974]

Man that is a lot of silver cements can not wait till you melt that thank you two thumbs

[@MildFracas]

That funnel is like $120. Way to go Chris!

[@johnmallette3143]

thank you ,.,.,for learning for us.,.,.peace

[@timothypirnat3754]

Holy cow man! That's a big funnel.

[@A-a-ron666]

If you did a couple rounds of rinse in the original beaker, could you potentially have fewer rounds of stiring in the funnel. you'd potentially be able to stir more vigorously on those initial round. It'd be a rinse followed by a pour off into the filter and you could be running your next rinse in the beaker while the excess filters. You might have other things you get done during the filter but i thought it might be a good way to multitask.

[@weasel6three597]

Great video! You have a very nice operation. Keep the videos coming!

[@base_cannon6066]

I like big buchs and I cannot lie.

[@ComputerGUY27332]

All that cement silver is looking 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ynalalkhalil6326]

wah !!!! what a gigantic Buchner funnel !!!

[@MadScientist267]

That thing's a boss man haha I suspected you were absolutely swimming in silver... I've taken a liking to it because of the properties of silver chloride but I gotta keep my eye on the prize and ramp up for my pins, dammit lol Great vid as always man. Keep em comin.

[@jackmclane1826]

If I was closer to you I'd love to have your copper nitrate waste... ;) It's so easy to recover the nitric acid from it and also recover the copper - if wanted. It would be worth it for each of both in my opinion.

[@bwhaz]

It is so awesome getting to see an actual use for this crazy blue liquid I saw back in college chemistry. And, so much of it, too! I am guessing we used the copper solution that is the result of whatever silver solution is reacted to after 12:05 whenever that occurs... Man, I wish I could have gotten into their organic chemistry lab with the ventilation hoods and everything! :)

[@thaibui5911]

Thanks for your sharing. so helpful

[@user-Sleepy]

Chris needs to send a bigger beaker! Lol

[@A.J.Collins]

Cheers Chris!

[@670TXxGregorysxXT670]

damn I love watching these. sree is the man

[@brianhbinesh]

I love the color of copper nitrate

[@kyzercube]

" Silver refining stock pot " 🤣

[@jetman1963]

Holy Buchner filter Batman!

[@prinz10ga]

Great Improvement. It looks ‘top heavy’ on the smaller beaker though

[@sreetips]

Same thing Mrs sreetips said. Buts it’s stable enough if I’m careful

[@geneburlette7307]

It's got to be awesome to have some many WIP jars to select from. There is no "first in, first out" in your lab!

[@fredygump5578]

I think the creases in the filter paper are caused by the fibers expanding when they get wet. So maybe you could try wetting it as you lay it down? Or start wetting it in the middle and work outwards.

[@JeffJeffers0n]

Maybe wet the inside of the funnel before laying it down... then again maybe this is a bad idea, could be problematic 🤔

[@sreetips]

I solved it in the video.

[@bobcansee]

Love this show!!

[@mnelson10000]

Dang, brother! Looks like it's time to triple the size of your silver cell to scale up with the new funnel!! lol

[@jeffstewart8627]

Awesome video Sreetips. Thank You.

[@Bobby_Da_Barber]

Man I wish i could have a nice big scoop of that cement silver, thats a gargantuan of a bucket oouuff

[@jeffarto8340]

How about a glass fork instead of a rod to stir, more surface movement?

[@maxpenrose9094]

I'm glad you Finally got a bigger Filter funnel But I would secure it in some way it looks like it's an accident waiting to Happen it looks like it's about to tip over in a second that would be a shit time

[@carlgerhardbusch1535]

Hello there, thank you for sharing your knowledge... 👍

[@danweiland]

Nice setup 👍

[@annualgiftman9472]

Holy Moly that's a biggun!

[@TindogTravels]

your videos are top notch! well done.

[@FanOfAwesome1]

If all of that silver has to be melted for shot, maybe we could see a "meltathon?" I'm startin' to think you'll need a bigger furnace after this... XD Also, in agreement with the other comments, I do think the funnel should have a raised mount or something, because I noticed it seemingly getting in your way, and it'd suck for your arms to knock the thing over.

[@relaxationwellnessmeditati7751]

THANKS CHRIS!

[@adamabele785]

I think you need a silver cell that has four compartments of that size, where you can set up and run two cells with silver shot and two with silver crystals that run through the cells a second time.

[@Gorbatsjov27]

I think Sreetips is pretty happy with his new funnel.... This episode was more about funnels then about silver. ;-)

[@TinManOne9]

This is a crucial video for some - thank you Chief, as always, you are the "OG" as far as youtube goes, and they should give you a different metal for that, but I think you'd probably melt it, as I would to😉

[@jamisontaylor878]

Excellent video thank you

[@brianhbinesh]

I am not saying you should do this however..... it would be awesome to see a 25lb bar of silver.... lol just saying. You would definitely be the only youtuber I know that has done it

[@bigtxbullion]

Get to 71 lbs and he'll have a legit 1000 oz bar!

[@brianhbinesh]

@@bigtxbullion i don't know of a crucible that large that is easy to get and the forge would have to be pretty big

[@UFObuilder]

That's a big funnel cool

[@nazarioj001]

No wonder there's a silver shortage. @SREETIPS has it all in a bucket. 🤣

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Awesome voice once again

[@RuneChaosMarine]

I do not wish to aggravate you with these questions. Is your waste copper not worth casting into new bars for use in your silver nitrate? Perhaps you would please show us a video on how you collect and prepare your waste copper for disposal... I am honestly interested. Perhaps in the future after creating your furnace the copper would be worth keeping?

[@sreetips]

As stated in the video, I can get clean copper cheap and it’s plentiful. I can’t justify working with copper when I am too far behind on my precious metals work.

[@Joe.Rogan.]

At least your comment was respectful and calm. Usually there are guys who get emotional and can't fathom the idea of someone not taking the time out of their precious metal refining schedual to stop and recover $50 worth of copper. Between me and you... I find it funny when they get upset.

[@ahmadalshehri4369]

this large funnel will need a stand or holder to keep it from falling down when become heavy if filled high

[@fatmirsejdini5992]

Funny that he has that porcelain spill dish to catch 5% of 4 liters..lol

[@andrewb7622]

Great job

[@josephpecoul6532]

Very cool gift indeed

[@deerwithnoeyes1417]

Great video once again that new filter will definitely help speed things up, but at 26:40 I think your math is off by about 3grams lol or did the container loose some weight in the drying process. Loving the content, keep up the great work

[@sreetips]

No, I made a 3 gram error there

[@seymourpro6097]

Be very careful that the big funnel doesn't lull you into overfilling the buchner flask and getting liquor into the pump, it's usually not survivable and new pumps cost big money.

[@sreetips]

I use an HVAC vacuum pump from Harbor Freight cost $79 USD back in 2010. It’s been in service since then. I think they are now over $100 - not because they’re more valuable or more scarce, but because the currency used to purchase the pump (the US Dollar) has decreased in value by that much.

[@firearmsstudent]

I like big buchner funnels and I can't lie You other refiners can't deny...

[@xcvsdxvsx]

I believe you need a second silver cell sir.

[@sreetips]

I tend to agree

[@amberskyglaz]

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[@sreetips]

Thank you

[@FullModernAlchemist]

Out of curiosity have you ever had any mishaps with silver and ammonia? Under some conditions it can form silver nitride and become quite unstable. Also holy cow that Buchner is huge. 🤣

[@budgiebreder]

Isnt there a few different metals in the reactivity series that will cement out between silver and copper? What prevents those contaminating the silver? Or is it just mostly silver and the rest get removed by the silver cell? In which case why is silver the only thing that comes out in the silver cell?

[@sreetips]

Tungsten will cement on copper.

[@alphadog6970]

Chungus funnel 😂😂

[@joshredding9588]

very interesting SREETIPS! I enjoy your videos kind sir!

[@peteroliver3408]

I think the Cu recovery push cold fall under several factors Cu has decent value as a commodity it could also be reused for more cementations and metallic Cu doesn't need to be disposed of as haz mat. Some youtubers go as far to treat the Cu nitrate solution with H2SO4 and distill off the generated HNO3 and reuse for more extractions then extract the Cu and reconcetrate the H2SO4 for reuse to reduce their new chemical input, although Im surprised they aren't trying to run the cloud of nitric oxides thru a bubblier to make more HNO3 too. But then again time is often more valuable than a time consuming recovery process for very modest returns.

[@sreetips]

Peter, it sound interesting. But I can get copper cheap and nitric, while not cheap, is also readily available. Not to be smug, but working with precious metals worth thousands per pound, and as backed up as I am with it, it’s hard to justify working with copper worth only a few dollars per pound. I just don’t have the time. I’ve got many more videos planned and it looks like I’ll run out of life before I can get to them all!

[@Joe.Rogan.]

You can tell when someone has seen Nerdrage's video on copper nitrate...

[@j1952d]

Looks like you could usefully use a bigger flask with that giant funnel!

[@sreetips]

Agree - 5 liter should do it.

[@sreetips]

On the other hand, I could just reduce the amount of liquid that I pour into the giant funnel.

[@j1952d]

@@sreetips - loses a bit of the advantage of having a big one, tho'.

[@j1952d]

Also a liquid level alarm/shutoff would be useful - don't want that juice getting in your vac pump!

[@eastvantony]

So cool thanks!

[@michaelcato9255]

It would be interesting to see the cement silver under a microscope. To see the structure up close.

[@TeslaFactory]

Does the filter paper expand when wetted, or is there slight curvature in the buchner funnel? Totally respect your honesty in showing your learning. Fail fast, learn fast! :)

[@sreetips]

I think the large paper expands and creates a wrinkle. Don’t happen much on the small filters.

[@ShootnTexasStyle]

Love your videos. Very informative.

[@mmcc310]

I was wondering about the copper too I know it ain't worth a lot but it's still worth saving it's still valuable and after you get enough of it

[@sreetips]

One ounce of gold has the same value as 439 pounds of copper. One ounce of silver has the same value as 6.3 pounds of copper. At 70 to 1, silver to gold, the silver just barely holds my interest. It’s messy and takes much longer than gold. But I do love silver. I just can’t get excited about copper. I don’t have enough time for the precious metals.

[@Christophersanchez1326]

I've wondered how do you get rid of said solution. The cemented out copper solution. You cement out the copper with iron. Then trash..

[@ScrappingIrish]

as always your video is so informative

[@Joe.Rogan.]

27:08 Bookmark this for all the copper fan boys who can't stand that Sreetips doesn't refine his copper waste.

[@rickydona919]

I'll be the first to watch that :)