Bullion Bar Casting - Melting Brass - Turning Brass Shavings Into Bullion - Pouring Brass At Home.
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2024
- Today i melt some old crappy brass shavings and turn it into a great little brass bar.
I have a PO box address below incase anyone wants to send anything from some hate mail or big piles of cash😬👍🏻.
D Heighway
P O Box 490
Bunbury 6231
WA , Australia
Bullion Bar Casting - Melting Brass - Turning Brass Shavings Into Bullion - Pouring Brass At Home.
YES! THE BIGSTACKD BULLION 0001!
You have got a seriously UNIQUE product Mr. BigstackD.
yea. it could be cleaner- but exactely that look is what you MADE - and you made it great yeah! much better than that stuff in the beginning- always a pleasure to see that shining result🖖
Not just this video, or this channel. I will never understand why people hit the "Thumbs Down" when the video title has exactly what is going to happen in it. Great video. #BigstackD
Your finished pieces are truly art, not sure who or Why there would be haters.
Oh well can’t please everyone matey 🤷🏻♂️👍🏻
It still looks great! Pretty good size from those shavings, nicely done!
Thanks buddy yeah although not perfect this is definitely one of my favourite bars when I look back at what it was and the fact that all the shavings were destined for a bin👍🏻😉
Amazing work. The polishing part is so satisfying. please always include it in your coming videos.
No worries matey I’ll be sure to add it in where possible 👍🏻.
Nice job with the tough metal! And thanks for look at your respirator too. LL
All good my friend 😁.
Another great vid & awesome brass bar
Yo Big D looked like baked potatoes ready to go in to oven.
Mmmm baked potatoes 🤤.
We’ll talk soon matey it’s 11pm and it’s raining outside so I’m off to bed. I love the sound of rain on my tin roof😊
Love watching your early days stuff, you must have been so frustrated at times!! 👌🍻
It is freakin beautiful mate! Like it how you stamped it 👍🏻
Awesome job! It’s kinda funny, when you were wrapping up the shavings in foil, I thought “metal burritos!” 😆
It's beautiful. Ignore the haters, they're jealous!
Missed your puppy in this video.
Marry had a little lamb.
Great bar bro I first started melting I started with bronze it's all I. Had then copper
shes a beauty mate! Especially for a 0001 bar! What pressure setting do you have on your propane for brass?
I love seeing your collection at the end sooo dammn cool :D
Cheers matey👍🏻😁. Keep watching it’s only gonna get bigger my friend 😉
ohh i will keep watching for sure! Cannot wait for your next vid! cheers mate
I agree! Perfect ingot :) Commercial-grade!
Thanks matey👍🏻. Yeah I should be able to get 3 x1 kilo ingots with a full crucible or very close to it . I’ll just have to put the mold on a scale wen I pour and try get close to a kilo to try keep any future bars kinda the same so they stack nicely. 😁
Matey, Love you Very Much, May God bless you with more❣️
Got to love those random screaming goats! Nice edits!
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Interesting... The light in the fridge switch off when tou close the door!!! Haha However this is one of the funniest video I have ever seen!!! Those clips!!!
hello admin..im from Malaysia...every all your video im follow...that nice for me...i give 5 star for u🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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It's beautiful 😢 Great to see this machine shop waste reclaimed
I know right it’s amazing what can be made from simple things that anyone wouldn’t think twice about throwing out. 😃
You should make them perfect by cutting them then recycle the shavings..you will get a super clean look👍🏼
Yeah I know I could get a lot better finish but if you’ve seen any of my other stuff they are far from perfect so I’m not too stressed my friend😉👍🏻
Also most of my stuff on the shelf will eventually get re-melted and cast into something when I run out of scrap to melt😁
Great video bro thanks
That's a very nice bar keep up the good work mate. Your awesome
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Nice, brass is a pain to polish, I'm never to satisfied with my results, great bar!
Cheers matey . Yeah it could definitely be a bit of work but worth it in the end.
Cool
I'd love to see more about the funky silver plate u had in the video.
Yeah that’s just an aluminium plate I bought at the op shop so I don’t really have anything to show there🤷🏻♂️.
bigstackD Casting oh I thought maybe it was on of your castings.ok cool
Nice brother. Watching from USA
Cool bro keep on watching my friend 😉👍🏻
After all that, how much has it cost in terms of your time plus gas to render the brass down to create a 1kg ingot.
In gas about $5 and all the stuffing around I recon 2 hours to melt and clean . It’s certainly not worth your time and effort but there’s a lot of satisfaction to had when I see what it was to what it has become 👍🏻. Definitely not worth doing if you’re a scrapper but I keep everything I make and all my ingots will be used in future casting projects👍🏻. In my new furnace I could easily melt down 7-8 kilos of brass in 15 minutes👍🏻
@@bigstackD ,,
I'd love to see the furnace's video (for 7-8 kgs).
Your videos satisfy the BASE LINE OF HUMAN DNA.
I don't have any kind of stuff that you have , BUT , your hands are doing work for my hands.
Nice work!!
Thank you my friend glad you liked it😁
Good job bud
Thanks matey😁👍🏻
Nicely done! I like that you added in the stamp on it. What kind/brand did you use for that?
My mate does laser engraving and just used a diamond tipped engraver . I have bought some steel letter stamps they should be here next week hopefully 👍🏻
bigstackD Casting oh that’s awesome! Let me know how they turn out. I was thinking about buying a set
Yeah I’m gonna try stamp the bars when they’re still a few hundred degrees but if they’re too hot maybe ill wait till they have cooled. I already own a 4mm set but that’s too small so The set coming is 10mm hopefully that’s big enough .. They were $49 for full set of numbers and letters . I’ll let ya know if there worth it👍🏻
bigstackD Casting cool that’d be great! I got a new hulk casting I’m working on.. hopefully I’ll be done with it in the next few days
Cool I’ll be sure to check it out if ya upload it👍🏻
I am sad that you needed to add the please do not hate part. Your stuff is great. People please try to remember that we are not running factory foundries.
I'm surprised you only got that much out of a full crucible.
NICE VIDEO ....! I LIKE THIS MELTING BRASS & VERY NICE STAMP LETTERS ..... THANKS FOR THAT ....!!!!
No worries matey. I’m beginning to think your caps lock might be stuck on😆.
hey bigstackd casting, what do you suggest for materials for a foundry to make, old propane canister like what you did, or using a big metal barrel for it?
It really depends on how big you want to go with your crucible. They say only have a chamber a little bit bigger than your largest crucible as thatll use the heat more efficiently. It certainly wouldn't hurt to start smaller and get your head around everything involved and then if your still interested and want to go bigger than you always can. My little BBQ gas bottle furnace i use is perfect and the chamber size can still fit an 8KG crucible ,ive only ever used really a 6kg and ill never need to go much bigger with what i do so why not start with something like mine (Although im hoping to fix up my beer keg furnace very soon,the chamber is pretty much the same size but it definitely looks alot cooler than what im currently using.) If you ever decide to build one do aheap of research on UA-cam and if you ever need a link to where i got my burner or the dimensions of my chamber so you have a reference to work with let me know🤘😀
will do my friend
Oh my! Look at that bullion, perfection. Absolutely amazing job. It sure take patience to get it to that level of shiny-ness. Looking badass with that mask my friend.
#0001
Thanks matey 👍🏻
Very nice 😎
And so the ice begins
what's up man? Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content. You do cool stuff, and i like it.
Cool matey im glad your liking my vids. Hopefully ill be here a while so stay tuned my friend.👍
Amazing
BETTER than those shavings ! :)
Next time u could rinse the shavings in a degreaser! It could help😎
**ill need to put these in carefully...**
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Are you using a flux at all to help clear the metal?
No mate not even one little bit. I just skim the top give it a stir and skim it again. I know I should use borax or something but I never do🤷🏻♂️
nice polish job, do my crankcases lol
Righto mate just drop em off tomorrow 😉👍🏻
Nice
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What thermometer do you use? The ones I find only go up to like 200/300c..
eBay my friend the links below ,
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I always late to your videos:(
I need to learn this. I can get hundred and hundreds of lbs turning.
isn't the aluminum foil mixed in the brass??
Nah I doubt it that super small amount of foil basically vapourised the second it hit the molten metal👍🏻
amigo me gustan muchos tus videos son demasiado de bueno
y asi es mejor con hielo en cubos para que sea mas seguro y sea mas rapido que se enfrie las barras
gracias amigo mío, me alegra que te gusten mis videos. Probablemente me quede con el gran bloque de hielo, es más fácil 👍🏻
claro pero el gran bloque en que gasta mas tiempo y pues se llena de agua es por decir es mas limpio
Will commenting on all 250+ vids get me a solid chance in the giveaway? I love your videos 😁😎. Ingot is my favorite pupper on the tubes!
hey D, you ever cast any gold?
Ever get any tarnishing on your brass/bronze/copper?
Only tarnishing I ever get is on the copper , it’ll start to loose its shine a few days later. The brass always stays shiny but gets very dusty. My friends suggested I spray some clear lacquer on the copper to keep it from tarnishing so I’ll do that eventually 😁
Nah, just used vinegar and table salt. Will clear copper based metals up. Look up on youtube to be sure :)
Yeah I used that to clean a heap of penny’s on one of my vids a year ago . I can’t believe how well that works . Although if I was to use the clear lacquer that bar would stay perfect for ever and never need another clean 🤷🏻♂️.
You should make a video of everything you've made it would make a very good video but as I always say keep up the good work mate.
Yeah Ryan I’ll definitely do one in the future for sure👍🏻
I predict a 100K subs by Christmas 🤞🏻
Wouldn’t that be a nice Xmas present for me 😉. I’m guessing February or March at the current rate matey🤔. But 1 can always wish
That's damn awesome man.... I like how u price at the end of the vids... the finished product has to be worth 10 or 20 times the scrap value... after u show the scrap u should put in BIG LETTERS PRICELESS!!!!!!! LOL GREAT JOB BRO
Yeah it’ll definitely bring more than scrap value for sure. As I don’t sell or give out any of my stuff I’ll never know it’s true value but like you said it’s priceless (to me atleast)😁👍🏻
What crucible do you use I've got a cheapo ebay spesh that after a few firings it starts to crack, not crack open but it starts cracking.
Hey matey all my crucibles i buy also from eBay just plain old clay/graphite crucibles. When i first get them i put them in my house oven for a few hours at about 85-90 degrees Celsius then crank it up to about 200 for an hour i then transfer them into my furnace where i heat them slowly to red-hot then leave them in the furnace to cool slowly over night . The reason i do this is because i dont know where the crucibles were stored and they could have been sitting in a damp box in a damp warehouse absorbing moisture for years. I have found with some of my crucibles that if i dont do this they can crack on their first firing and that crack can only get worse each firing. The reason i fire them slowly under 100 degrees for a couple hours is if there is moisture in the crucible that moisture can turn to steam and crack the crucible. I hope this helps mate👍
Ive done all of these steps too still did it but i think i might be cranking up the heat in the furnace too quick thanks though:)
I’ve also had people say if you have the crucible in direct burner flame it can also do damage to the crucible just incase you have 1 of those furnaces that directly heats the crucible 🤷🏻♂️👍🏻
Yeah i have 2 burners that i face directly at the crucible to get the most heat but i see that you have it off to the side so it circulates around, i might have to do some adjusting.
Yeah definitely couldn’t hurt. 👍🏻. I’m sure there’s a few vids on UA-cam that explains it better than me matey , talk soon my friend👋🏻
It is brass though or aluminium bronze ;)?
This particular bar is 100% brass . I did do 2 more of these a week later , They are both aluminium bronze 👍🏻
Looked more like aluminium foil than brass foil to me...
Yeah mate the foil was aluminium but that basically vapourised once in furnace it disintegrated without mixing with the brass shavings 👍🏻.
Should have made an salt ice slurry to cool it down.
Yeah true , my next vid I just put the ingot on a block of ice and let it melt through . Pretty boring but something different 👍🏻
If shipping was cheaper man, I'd mail you some decent metal to work with! ;-) I gave you a link in my recent introduction video. I figured I owed it to the folks that listen to me drone on teaching this stuff, it was time for them to see my ugly mug. :-) Hope you guys are doing well in the land down under!
Thanks matey , yeah shipping is a bloody killer for sure . No need to send me nothin just watching my vids and the occasional ad is support enough 👍🏻😁cheers for the link man I’ll take any help big or small😃🍻. Down unders always good as long as the beers cold and the boobs are big 😉
Cold brews and big boobs.. Sounds like a winner to me! You see that blue drink I had in that video? OMG the new gopro made it look ridiculous! ua-cam.com/video/6WwlmXhvgVM/v-deo.html
you are the best love you 😍😍😍
Thanks , you make me smile😃 .
bigstackD Casting 😗😗😗😗😗
nice vid
Cheers matey 👍🏻
So many flaws in the pour.... I don't want to be critical because I haven't done this yet, and your vids inspire me. When I do pour some ingots I really want them to not have any air bubbles, folds or shitty spots. How can that be avoided?
If you over heated the metal like with copper bronze aluminium bronze it always pours a lot easier almost like water also if the mold was a hell of a lot hotter I would think that would avoid a lot of the holes as well, or so I’ve been told . A lot of my stuff will eventually be re-melted when I run out of scrap so the main reason for me to make most of these ingots was to remove most of the impurities so when I remelt for a future casting projects it’s a lot cleaner that would also help as well.
I've seen some dudes throw Borax in for a "flux", I think that might help some too. One guy said he used broken brown beer bottle glass. I love the pictures you have of all the shit you've stacked up, and the Nordic Gold ingots you made are awesome. I'd be happy pouring some Aluminum Bronze Bars but the main thing to me is getting the air bubbles out. Once I finally get my forge up and running I'll post some vids and give you props.
fuck yea! looks great, should alloy some bronze up!!
Yeah matey I hope to soon. I’ll be doing a few of these in all different metals and alloys hopefully 👍🏻.
yessir!
BigstackD without a full face mask on 😯
Yeah I only use my face shield or full respiratory mask when I add metal to the furnace and while pouring. Safety first matey 👍🏻
Nice bar,! Did you get much fumes from it?
Yeah . right at the start it was bloody terrible so had to chuck my mask on . 2 days later there was still a lingering smell in the garage from it , Wasn’t very pleasant but well worth it in the end👍🏻
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7:14 what is that doing there😂
do you sell them?
Sorry I don’t sell or give out my stuff as I’ll need to retain the name BigStack D👍🏻
at least i try,,good job you doing
0:30 where'd you get them nugs 😂
Stolem from scrap bin at work 😉👍🏻
Bro who are those haters????
Mate they are jealous that they can melt stuff and make into shiny stuff that’s worth a lot more money
real bullion
Real bigstack bullion 😉👍🏻
Good video but the worst thing you can do with brass is to keep re-melting it.
Oh okay I had no idea🤦🏻♂️
what is wrong with re-melting brass?
Not wanting to upset big D just trying to help, if you keep re-melting brass you burn the zinc from it & also it doesn't flow as good,it's not the easiest metal to mold anyway, bronze is easier, alluminium alloy can be re-melted & it doesn't seem to affect it. It's easy to melt metal & pour into tart tins but it's the gentle art of persuading it to flow into your mould successfully. hope this helps.
What if he threw a few pennies in? A little zinc might help?
Do you sell your work?.Do you do just for fun or hobby?.Do you earn your live by doing this?.Thank you and well done.
Hello my friend, I only do this as a hobby in my spare time and I never sell or give away my projects. I would love to do this for a living but my channel only generates about $3 a day so that will never happen . Thanks for watching 😁👍🏻
Ok..Thank you from Spain. By the way look at this..It is a solid brass 999. Metal content 6 ounces for $35.99 +$14,75 shipping. So..You can sell them on ebay if you love to do that.Maybe a hobby can be your job,the best job indeed.Congratulations.
www.ebay.com/itm/Solid-Brass-Bar-999-Metal-Content-6-Ounces/173190102565?hash=item2852ef3e25:g:52cAAOSwHhRZlKhN
and it is by far not so good as yours...Yours is well polished.
Cheers matey yeah I have thought about selling some bars on eBay and after seeing how the bullion bar turned out maybe I could start to sell them? Time will tell my friend but for now I’ll just stockpile it all then maybe look at selling it all off once I’ve had enough of this particular hobby🤷🏻♂️👍🏻. I won’t be going anywhere for a while as I have a heap of casting projects I wana try first😁
here to win giveaway
Wait.... You have haters???! How is this possible??
🤷🏻♂️I know right
Holy shit how could you hate this
I have people who subscribe to me just to give me thumbs down, it can’t be the money i burn because if they’ve been around long enough they know it’s fake, my videos go for 10 or 11 minutes but sometimes one minute after uploading I’ll have a thumbs down so clearly that’s all they’re subscribing for 🤷🏻♂️
Thats bullion you can bank on!! Be careful with your phone tho mate - that warning is an indicator on the battery and cunts fucked if that thing ruptures, like a fireball. Amazing work mate - always enjoy your content, keep it up.
Thanks matey . Yeah the phone certainly gets warm around this furnace but it’s an iPhone not a Samsung so it should be ok. 😁👍🏻
@7:15 - random Taylor Swift appearance?
From dirty-@$$ shavings to a beautiful bar - nice job!
7:13 lol
ciao vorrei acquistare lingotti casting gialli 24 carati
mi dispiace amico mio, ma sfortunatamente non sono in grado di vendere a nessuno. Ho avuto molte persone che chiedevano di comprare i miei lingotti e ho dovuto rifiutarli anch'io.
Why waste $100 bill by burn it to start the fire.
Mark Brennan there not real buddy go back a few videos he shows a whole stack
Another viewer sent him a crap load of fake bills .like mark said he explains everything in another video
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Lmao.
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Nice