Nice treasure chest. Did you buy it at Hobby Lobby? I thought about getting one at Thanksgiving when they were on sale. The next time I was in there, they were regular price. Great idea burning it. I did not think of that. I was going to have my daughter paint it. It looks good. Great melt, the coins look awesome.
The chest looks good "burnt". I don't know if I would have done that. I can just see myself setting the thing on fire. :( The coins look good too! Happy to see another video from you. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lisa! It did turn out pretty good, and I’m happy I didn’t set it a blaze 🙂 The coins turned out good after a little polishing, I was definitely happy with them. Good to hear from you as always, and I’ll talk to you soon on the next one 😉👍
During the last hurricane, it blew down our pool cage. A man stopped by and is right this minute gathering all that aluminum. I wish I were brave enough to melt it all down myself. I have more studying to do, I think. I really do pay a lot of attention to your videos. You've taught me so much. So next time the pool cage falls down, I'll have enough info to do what needs to be done! ✅
Thank you Tracy, I appreciate that. If you ever want any more info on anything feel free to shoot me an email anytime. I’d be happy to help any way I can. I’m sorry your pool cage blew down, that’s a bummer for sure. Thanks again and I’ll talk to you soon. 🙂👍
Thank you Jim. Sorry I was gone for so long, it starting wearing on me not melting and making videos! The vacation was nice and all, but I’m definitely happy to get back to it and get back in the swing of things. Glad to hear from you!
@@TheGrowingStack no worries - hobbies have to be fun or they are jobs. People need downtime. I can’t fathom the pressure of ideas, filming, editing, publishing, etc. I watch UA-cam more than TV and the 15 or so active channels I follow that publish either once or twice a week create their own pressures on me to keep up. Question if you don’t mind - how many hours of your time to get us 15 minutes of content? I’d guess 1-3 hours of time for every minute.
@@JimFinlayson I totally hear you on the hobby/job thing for sure, and I do love doing it. For the time of it all(And I never mind you asking- ask me anything) they depend based on the project I start and what I “think” is a good idea at the time and start running with(I can never stop a project once I start it, one of my downfalls I suppose-especially ones that I realize I’m in over my head but have to finish) but generally a normal project like this from start to finish(without distractions) takes me probably 15 hours of solid work time. I guess you could boil it down to an hour/minute of content when all is said and done. Of course life/work/family all intertwine and they take me much longer depending on the week and what is going on. Feel free to ask me anything you want to, and shoot me an email if you have the time: TheGrowingStack@Gmail.com
What a cool idea to give the chest character like that. You already just about filled up the chest already lol I cannot pick a fav mold lol I love them all ! Nice and super shiny shiny !! I totally love these. Thanks for sharing !!
Hey great to see you back My friend !! Real life always comes first and you tube maybe 4th or 5th... Don't sweat it.. we all need a break and the holidays are stressful enough as it is.. love the new chest am happy ya burned it to give it that aged look and will help keep it from rotting in any shape form or fashion..besides how many treasure chests are new???? LOL I do have a question was the aluminum pouring so slow because it was already freezing up and not hot enough? just curious as it seemed the first coins were pouring very slowly and seemed to be having difficulty pouring.. I honestly do not know.. or do you think it was because it wasn't pure aluminum? See ya on the next one!!!! great coins :)
Maybe a video idea as I've never seen someone do it, although this is possibly for a good reason - what about melting copper wires WITHOUT stripping them first? I've always wondered on that - will the heat be enough to reduce the rubber to ash/carbon or will it turn into some tar-like substance that'll ruin the crucible? If you want something different to pour, do some bismuth - same weight and near same melting point as lead but non-toxic and if you get the temperature right, you get this beautiful rainbow sheen to the finished product.
Thanks brother! I’ll try to work on my website with playable audio for all the tracks. My brother does an amazing job at whipping up new music for every video!
Borax would have helped with the pour. Also, when pouring smaller molds, you want less material in the crucible. It makes handling the pour easier. Use a bar mold on your first pour and then just remelt the bar. Great video, though.
@Sean Brown Borax would work as a Flux to allow the metal to flow freely, also separating any impurities in the metal. The biggest issue was that he had too much melted metal to pour such small molds. I found out this problem at Christmas. I was pouring 2oz Christmas tree molds for gifts. The first of the pours over filled the mold, but as I poured more, the pours became more acceptable. I had several different pours and had the issue on the first 2 rounds of pours. I solved it by pouring a small bar mold. Which decreased the width of the stream of metal when it was time to pour the small mold. Making it easier to determine when to end the pour.
Reminding u I’m Royal Jay pg3d’s second channel ,I’ve done some UA-cam play button castings recently but they didn’t come out so well and imma do a styrofoam casting but boy you have so many ingots
Love the video, as an idea why not coat the outside of the chest with coins of different materials and mold patterns making it a showpiece of materials in different designs. Just an idea please keep up the great work.
Thanks brother! I love that idea, now getting them embedded without an adhesive makes me think of how to accomplish that. But I can imagine how it would look for sure. Always good ideas my friend! So glad to hear from you
@@thesilversphincter I haven’t had any custom molds made, just ordered from different sellers and suppliers. The ones I have purchased range anywhere from $35/40-$100 depending if they are double sided or a two part mold 👍
Same here, but I had to do it. I felt your pain 🙂 What I really can’t decide moving forward is whether of not to keep ingots and other projects separate or with the same metal group. The engineer in me says mixing everything together would load balance the shelf vs having all copper on one side and aluminum on the other. But the organizer in me says keep them together. 🤷♂️ Either way, it’s going to be fun 😃👍
@@TheGrowingStack I'm sure you'll come up with a good scheme. The coins once in the chest look awesome. If it had been that way from the get go I don't think it would have triggered that part of OCD!
Nice treasure chest. Did you buy it at Hobby Lobby? I thought about getting one at Thanksgiving when they were on sale. The next time I was in there, they were regular price. Great idea burning it. I did not think of that. I was going to have my daughter paint it. It looks good. Great melt, the coins look awesome.
I like the treasure chest that’s very cool!
Me encanta tus videos de fundicion, felicidades, saludos desde España 😀😀🙂🤩
My my my that is one thing to make treasures inside the chest well done😊👍🏻😇
I think some small diamond shaped casts would go great in that chest
I’ll have to find some diamond molds or make some. That would definitely be a nice to add to the chest 👍
Nice treasure chest. Did you buy it at Hobby Lobby? I thought about getting one at Thanksgiving when they were on sale. The next time I was in there, they were regular price. Great idea burning it. I did not think of that. I was going to have my daughter paint it. It looks good. Great melt, the coins look awesome.
Love how the chest turned out! The "burnt" gives it more character.
Turned out great! Nice job on the coins to
Thanks my friend!!
Some nice new coinage to go with the new chest.
Thank you my friend!! 👍
Great Idea with the chest Buddy 👍 was thinking of doing that myself but I don't cast coins, just pure bullion bars for me!
Awesome. Just awesome. Thanks for sharing
awesome
Nice boots chest good job on the coins keep them coming 👍.
The chest looks good "burnt". I don't know if I would have done that. I can just see myself setting the thing on fire. :( The coins look good too! Happy to see another video from you. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lisa! It did turn out pretty good, and I’m happy I didn’t set it a blaze 🙂
The coins turned out good after a little polishing, I was definitely happy with them. Good to hear from you as always, and I’ll talk to you soon on the next one 😉👍
great vid buddy 👌
Thank you my friend!! Good to hear from you!
During the last hurricane, it blew down our pool cage. A man stopped by and is right this minute gathering all that aluminum. I wish I were brave enough to melt it all down myself. I have more studying to do, I think. I really do pay a lot of attention to your videos. You've taught me so much. So next time the pool cage falls down, I'll have enough info to do what needs to be done! ✅
I forgot to say that I love your treasure chest! It is so colorful inside!
Thank you Tracy, I appreciate that. If you ever want any more info on anything feel free to shoot me an email anytime. I’d be happy to help any way I can. I’m sorry your pool cage blew down, that’s a bummer for sure. Thanks again and I’ll talk to you soon. 🙂👍
Love how the chest turned out and awesome aluminum bar's and coins thanks for sharing
Thanks Tim! I took way too much time off, happy to be back and excited for all the next ones. 👍
You're welcome and welcome back
Welcome back. Great to have your content again. Looks like you have to get your pouring timing back - overfills 😀
Thank you Jim. Sorry I was gone for so long, it starting wearing on me not melting and making videos! The vacation was nice and all, but I’m definitely happy to get back to it and get back in the swing of things. Glad to hear from you!
@@TheGrowingStack no worries - hobbies have to be fun or they are jobs. People need downtime. I can’t fathom the pressure of ideas, filming, editing, publishing, etc. I watch UA-cam more than TV and the 15 or so active channels I follow that publish either once or twice a week create their own pressures on me to keep up. Question if you don’t mind - how many hours of your time to get us 15 minutes of content? I’d guess 1-3 hours of time for every minute.
@@JimFinlayson I totally hear you on the hobby/job thing for sure, and I do love doing it.
For the time of it all(And I never mind you asking- ask me anything) they depend based on the project I start and what I “think” is a good idea at the time and start running with(I can never stop a project once I start it, one of my downfalls I suppose-especially ones that I realize I’m in over my head but have to finish) but generally a normal project like this from start to finish(without distractions) takes me probably 15 hours of solid work time. I guess you could boil it down to an hour/minute of content when all is said and done. Of course life/work/family all intertwine and they take me much longer depending on the week and what is going on. Feel free to ask me anything you want to, and shoot me an email if you have the time: TheGrowingStack@Gmail.com
Your all molds very impressive and poreing thecnic is very good 👍👏👏👏👏👏👊🇮🇳👌🙏
What a cool idea to give the chest character like that. You already just about filled up the chest already lol I cannot pick a fav mold lol I love them all ! Nice and super shiny shiny !! I totally love these. Thanks for sharing !!
Thanks Lisa! There was a lot of coins to fill it up a bunch for sure, and still plenty of room for more 😉
I can’t wait to fill it completely full!
nice video as always!
Thank you 👍
Good to hear from you, I hope you are doing well my friend.
Hey great to see you back My friend !! Real life always comes first and you tube maybe 4th or 5th... Don't sweat it.. we all need a break and the holidays are stressful enough as it is.. love the new chest am happy ya burned it to give it that aged look and will help keep it from rotting in any shape form or fashion..besides how many treasure chests are new???? LOL I do have a question was the aluminum pouring so slow because it was already freezing up and not hot enough? just curious as it seemed the first coins were pouring very slowly and seemed to be having difficulty pouring.. I honestly do not know.. or do you think it was because it wasn't pure aluminum? See ya on the next one!!!! great coins :)
Love the chest!
Maybe a video idea as I've never seen someone do it, although this is possibly for a good reason - what about melting copper wires WITHOUT stripping them first?
I've always wondered on that - will the heat be enough to reduce the rubber to ash/carbon or will it turn into some tar-like substance that'll ruin the crucible?
If you want something different to pour, do some bismuth - same weight and near same melting point as lead but non-toxic and if you get the temperature right, you get this beautiful rainbow sheen to the finished product.
Valeu o like muito bom
Still love the music! I wish there were links to it :( love the channel man!
Thanks brother! I’ll try to work on my website with playable audio for all the tracks. My brother does an amazing job at whipping up new music for every video!
Borax would have helped with the pour. Also, when pouring smaller molds, you want less material in the crucible. It makes handling the pour easier. Use a bar mold on your first pour and then just remelt the bar. Great video, though.
Would borax break the surface tension or otherwise make the metal more “runny”?
@Sean Brown Borax would work as a Flux to allow the metal to flow freely, also separating any impurities in the metal. The biggest issue was that he had too much melted metal to pour such small molds. I found out this problem at Christmas. I was pouring 2oz Christmas tree molds for gifts. The first of the pours over filled the mold, but as I poured more, the pours became more acceptable. I had several different pours and had the issue on the first 2 rounds of pours. I solved it by pouring a small bar mold. Which decreased the width of the stream of metal when it was time to pour the small mold. Making it easier to determine when to end the pour.
Reminding u I’m Royal Jay pg3d’s second channel ,I’ve done some UA-cam play button castings recently but they didn’t come out so well and imma do a styrofoam casting but boy you have so many ingots
Hello from Spain, I love your UA-cam channel. Where can I buy the molds for coins? Greetings and thank you
Welcome! Thank you my friend.
www.etsy.com/shop/MetalAndGraphite
If you can, let him know I sent you his way 👍
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Where did you pick up those molds? I gotta have that grenade
www.etsy.com/listing/1248548554/
If you can, let him know I sent you his way 👍
I’ve wanted to get into this, where would you recommend I go to get the scrap to melt down?
Love the video, as an idea why not coat the outside of the chest with coins of different materials and mold patterns making it a showpiece of materials in different designs. Just an idea please keep up the great work.
Thanks brother! I love that idea, now getting them embedded without an adhesive makes me think of how to accomplish that. But I can imagine how it would look for sure. Always good ideas my friend! So glad to hear from you
Gimme 5 bees for a quarter they’d say
Very cool. Do you make your own molds?
Thank you, I don’t but I’ve been wanted to get the tools and supplies to start making my own
How much does it cost to get them made?
@@thesilversphincter I haven’t had any custom molds made, just ordered from different sellers and suppliers. The ones I have purchased range anywhere from $35/40-$100 depending if they are double sided or a two part mold 👍
Got it ..thank you
Please make some belt buckles I want one
I’ll have to see what I can do 🤔
I’ll try experimenting with one when I have time. 👍
@@TheGrowingStack AWSOME ! Thank you for your time.
Going from the organized by metal type to all the coins in the chest really stressed out the organizer part of me.
Same here, but I had to do it. I felt your pain 🙂
What I really can’t decide moving forward is whether of not to keep ingots and other projects separate or with the same metal group. The engineer in me says mixing everything together would load balance the shelf vs having all copper on one side and aluminum on the other. But the organizer in me says keep them together. 🤷♂️
Either way, it’s going to be fun 😃👍
@@TheGrowingStack I'm sure you'll come up with a good scheme. The coins once in the chest look awesome. If it had been that way from the get go I don't think it would have triggered that part of OCD!
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No you weren’t.
Nice treasure chest. Did you buy it at Hobby Lobby? I thought about getting one at Thanksgiving when they were on sale. The next time I was in there, they were regular price. Great idea burning it. I did not think of that. I was going to have my daughter paint it. It looks good. Great melt, the coins look awesome.