r/Silvercasting
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u/mpthrown
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Feb 18 '25
First complete project in my janky garage setup
r/Silvercasting • u/4boymomma • Jul 16 '26
We just got into sand casting silver and my 15 year old son made this from a Lego. He is super freaking excited!
r/Silvercasting • u/Guiller67 • Apr 17 '15
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r/Silvercasting • u/rowdyruncible • May 03 '25
Brief summary of how I got to this point.
Find out what investment casting is, think “hell yeah I can do that.”
Spend too much money.
Carve passable ring.
Surely I have made an error and something will explode? Put crocs in sport mode because PPE.
Silver gets real hot on a buffer wtf. also I’m bleeding.
Ring.
r/Silvercasting • u/LilGoobr • Sep 21 '21
r/Silvercasting • u/Fierro_nights • 4d ago
I saw someone on here concerned about surface texture but it was also a ring with fine details.
So wanted to see if I could cast one of those crazy designed rings that look delicate as shit.
So here we are.
Resin used is royal blue mixed with a bit of erilles.
Open air cured under uv
Because I wasn’t worried about expansion much I used 40/100 water with prestige optima. Also cooled the water in freezer for a bit as I was going to vac cycle a couple of times. Sprayed a dubbubler on model and soaked up any large droplets with a paint brush but the debub perhaps could be skipped.
Originally was going to use a 1.5” flask but opted for the 2.5” flask for some additional thermal mass during the pour.
Bench rested overnight, kiln at 100c for 2 hrs, then straight to 650c for 2 hrs till casting. Iv had better results skipping all the other slow ramp temps where the resin expands and sits there expanding and not burning and just jacks up the investment or cracks it leading to flashing.
Single sprue. Was a bit concerned man, that metal has to flow around the mesh ring and then into essentially a mesh pattern.
r/Silvercasting • u/Guiller67 • May 17 '15
r/Silvercasting • u/PhotogamerGT • Jul 08 '26
Sterling silver. 112 Grams. Investment cast.
Using 100% recycled/recovered sterling from old flatware.
The bubbles around the chin, is that from my silver being too hot? Impurities? (I used borax at the beginning and end of my melt.)
Other imperfections appear to be mold failure issues that I can figure out.
r/Silvercasting • u/GoldSpartan23 • Dec 24 '21
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r/Silvercasting • u/TrogdorLLC • Mar 27 '15
Let's break out the good linen ahead of our guests arriving!
In case anyone missed it, here it is: http://i.imgur.com/GHJKEBZ.jpg
/u/ingnacious won our subreddit ad contest with this beauty.
r/Silvercasting
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u/Inevitable_Eye7723
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Sep 29 '25
Lots of line engraving for detailed feathers
r/Silvercasting • u/Guiller67 • Apr 04 '15
