Greetings to the List! Alright... Harvey!!! That's the pioneer spirit!!
At 04:46 PM 11/15/97 -0800, you wrote: >At 12:25 AM 11/15/97 -0600, you wrote: > >> The problem with making your own silver is not knowing purity. If you have >>a lot of silver that you want made into wire and tested for purity take it >>to a jeweler. >> >>Reid >> >> >> >Hi Reid > >Thank you for the response. The silver I will/would be using will be from >999% ingots purchased from a coin shop. The question was whether there >would be any impurities transferred to the silver from the metal ladle or >the plaster of paris mold. Another thought I had for a mold would be to >clamp two blocks of steel face to face and drilling from the edge straight >down where the two pieces come together. This would give me two halves and >a much longer lasting mold. I am in the process of building a new shop so >it will not be until it is completed and my tools moved in that I will be >able to do this. I will let you all know how this turns out when I have >molded wires in hand. > Sounds like you are the man for the job Harvey! Yep, acytelene ought to do the trick! Lone Ranger didn't have that technological advantage, if I remember corectly. :) He must have known a blacksmith with a forge! >I would also like to thank all of the other list members who have responded >to this thread. > >It appears that the Silver will have to be melted by using an acetylene >torch and being careful not to melt the steel or iron ladle. After all, if >the Lone Ranger could mold siver bullets, then we ought to be able to mold >the silver wire. %^D > >Cheers and thanks again, > >Harvey More Power to Ya Brother! God Bless, Scott > WE SHOULD APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE.....INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT WHAT > WE HAVEN'T..... AND ENJOY WHAT IS, BEFORE IT ISN'T!!!!!! > > >>>>------> Harvey Flatbush <------<<<< > [email protected] > http://www.iomet.com > <------<<<< Ione, Washington >>>>------> > The Holy Bible , Acts 4:12 "Neither is there salvation in any other , for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Spoken of the Lord Jesus Christ.
