Making Recycled Silver Sheet

Today I am showing how I made Silver Sheet from Scrap Silver.
I am using a sand casting system from ‪@craigdabler-thediycastings7511‬ which is available at his website diycastings.com
JewelryMonk Studio is a training and jewelry production facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota, which prides itself on passing on the trade of jewelry making to the next generation.
JewelryMonk.com has tons of tips and tutorials, as well as the TH-cam channel ‪@DougNapierJewelryMonk‬

[@antoniamacias9943]

Starting with a sheet mold is such a good idea. Definately going to look into this sand casting system. Thanks for the videa

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Antonia, You are welcome.

[@JayDub_143]

Really want to melt down my silver scraps but I definitely need to hit the gym first because I am going to have to hammer it out until I can get a rolling mill 😂 Thanks Doug you always bring GREAT information with every video!! 🙏

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

or...... start hammering, and save the gym membership. :)

[@JayDub_143]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk hahah even better!!!

[@AngelaSams]

Thanks Doug! Love your idea of pouring into the sand casting. I will give that a try tomorrow.

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

My ingot mold has dust..... I do all my ingots in sand these days.

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Angela, you are welcome and you will like it I am sure.

[@waynoswaynos]

thanks for sharing your techniques. I was wondering, with steel, quenching makes it brittle., whereas heating and letting it cool slowly normalises it makes it softer. Why does that not happen with silver?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

.....science? not sure.

[@waynoswaynos]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk Have you tried both quenching, and allowing to cool slowly, and if so had you noted a difference? A youtuber by the name of Dirty Smith did a lesson on this, for steel, and it helped me understand what happens physically. It feels like it should work the same with silver also. I'll see if I can find his video to share with you. Being a good and consistant artist is largely about material science.

[@waynoswaynos]

here it is. th-cam.com/video/FsYZBnmXRt4/w-d-xo.html

[@ss-lz6je]

I want help

[@johnbryan2414]

Interesting you are able to handle it when it's hot. You don't put it through that device when the silver is cold, do you?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Yes, when it is cod.

[@kevingajdzinski2264]

Great video and very nice final sheet! What torch are you using?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Thanks Kevin. It is a welding torch (not cutting torch) with a bud tip on Oxy/Propane.

[@terrisidell7041]

Interesting way to make a sheet of scrap silver. When you use an ingot, what do you put in that kind of mold to prevent the melted silver from sticking in it and come out???

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Terri, the crucible is coated with borax. The ingot I used was a sand casting mold. Nothing added to keep it from sticking. I also use a steel ingot mold and coat it with a thin layer of oil, just about any oil will work. I have old vacuum oil that I dip my finger in and smear with a light coat.
Hope this helps.
Doug

[@terrisidell7041]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk Doug, Thanks so much for your reply. I appreciate very much!!

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

@@terrisidell7041 it is my pleasure.

[@forensicwx]

Hey Doug, love your videos!
Just wondering, does adding the borax actually get rid of the impurities or does that need to be done mechanically? You mentioned them rising to the top and then aside but where are they once you pour?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Erin, the impurities will gather and stick to the crucible, or come out at the end and stay in the button.

[@bigred4340]

Hi is there a minimum amount of material you would recommend using? I have 6 grams of 14kt gold that I want to turn into sheet so I can make jewelry out of it but should I buy more gold first?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

It depends on the size of jewelry you want to make. You can roll out 6 grams of gold into something usable.

[@bigred4340]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk thanks for responding, I don’t have a roller so I’m gonna coordinate with any local jewelers I can find to roll it lol

[@memyselfandjoulene6528]

Say you saw jewelry but you don’t have a studio like this, can you send or ship your scraps to someone who can help you repurpose it?

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

Yes you can.

[@memyselfandjoulene6528]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk I hope you can give me resources where just so I know how I can start my jewelry shop

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

@@memyselfandjoulene6528 check local jewelers in your area.

[@memyselfandjoulene6528]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk thank you

[@memyselfandjoulene6528]

@@DougNapierJewelryMonk if I can’t, do you offer those services by any chance?

[@caseystyer2996]

You clearly know what you're doing, but I've always been told to never add cold metal to liquid metal. There's a video of a guy adding solid gold to a crucible of liquid gold and it splatters everywhere getting on him and starting multiple little fires.

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

I am guessing that the metal either had moisture or air pockets in it.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Zero safety gear...😮😢

[@DougNapierJewelryMonk]

#Fireproof