Making a SOLID SILVER Sledge Hammer - Thor's Hammer - The sledge hammer series
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2023
- In this video I will be making a 6 pound (2.6 Kilo) Silver sledge hammer. First I 3-D printed the sledge hammer shape using a filament called Polycast. Then I coated the pieces in a ceramic material, called Suspendaslurry. I burned the plastic filament out of the shells in my kiln, and vitrified the shells. I melted 12 pounds of sterling silver and then poured it into the ceramic shell mold. Then I broke off the ceramic material to reveal the casting. Once the casting was complete, I spent several hours sanding and polishing it. Then I made a walnut hammer to attach the beautiful silver hammer head to.
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Sanding silver is one of the few cases where the used paper may just be more valuable than the unused. 😂
gold, platinum, etc, plenty of valuable materials, silver isn't even close to the craziness of palladium
@@Minty1337 yeah, there's like a few metals that would be castable and sandable. Hence my use of the word "few".
@@Argosh i wouldn't say few, if you go through the periodic table, you can get a couple dozen castable materials that cost more than silver, and if you include alloys, it's infinite
@Minty1337 you're just trying to start a fight with this guy. Get a life 😂
@@emu8062 what? that's not my intention lmao, what im trying to say is that we got more room to go
gold hammer 1 million subscriber special
Can’t wait for the gold one.
Could do electrum which is a mix of gold silver and a little copper and other metals
Nah, I want frigging osmium
That would be a incredibly expensive hammer. Almost 12pds of gold if kept the same dimensions.😳
The silver one needed 2.5 kg, so a gold one with twice the density needs 5 kg. At 60000$ a kg, thats 300000$. Bro will have to selö his house for that one.
You might want to steer clear of uranium and plutonium notions
Since he's handling the silver with his bare hands, clearly he's not a werewolf, which is always nice to see in content creators.
Was getting worried for a bit there thank God
It could be nickel tho
@@adamk.7177 Son of a bitch, you might be right. We'll have to see him film a video during a full moon to be sure
@@adamk.7177listen your right and i wish you weren't
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Is that Maxwell's Silver Hammer? Very cool and a great way to hide some value.
beatles moment
My first thought!
Great project! FYI, for a working hammer, you never want a hard finish like poly or lacquer. They cause blisters. Boiled linseed oil is the go-to, but most oil finishes are fine. I know this is a showpiece, of course.
Light coating of Beeswax is good too. Especially for mutants like me who are allergic to linseed oil.
Never knew that. In what way will it cause blisters?
Yeah, why? Is it because of the chems or something else?
@@Cyberlong, it's because those plastic finishes blister your hands. An oil finish won't do that. At least not nearly as quickly.
@@worstworkshop oh cool, good to know :D
Might be worth trying wire wraps on a couple layers of the slurry coating to help prevent cracking of the ceramic also if you’re sick of bubbles look into vacuum investment casting setups.
Good to see another full video. Your content is extremely relaxing and interesting at the same time.
Another interesting and informative narration. It's amazing how quickly time slides by when I'm watching your videos. You make it look easy and that's the mark of a skilled craftsman.
That looks amazing and very shiny, which got me thinking how hard would it be to make a Rubic cube with each side bein different colored metal? Probably that would be very complicated to do.
yes and no. RF could probably do the cubes easily enough, but youd need a machinist for the internals..assuming you needed them to be metal also. otherwise it would just be replacing plastic cubes with metal ones you glue on
This is a great idea. Perfect challenge 😎
Would love to see this!
I had no idea silver was super thermally conductive! Learn something new every day!!
That's why electric contacts from before were silver plated. Nuts, bolts, contacts.
And we use gold for the same reason. Hence why you see it a lot in space probes.@@aserta
Diamond is over 5 times better than silver. Then Silver, Copper, Gold, ... in that order
@@anzaca1We use gold mainly because of its resistance to corrosion. Not its thermal or electrical properties.
You can check if silver is real with an ice cube. Melts it unmistakably fast.
Dr. Maxwell would pay big bucks for that.
It may be a little bland, but you might get 3 or 4 railroad spikes from the sprue. I think as a display piece they'd look together
I like that you're loosening up and including more subtle humour in your vids. Keep it up man.
Silver is my favorite metal. Maxwell would be proud!
Your videos are always well done. Your projects are impressive. I love the thoughtful explanations and attention to detail. Please keep up the great work!
Now you need to complete the collection. Gold hammer!
Incredible. You really should sign and date and sell the copper and the silver hammers. You have a customer right here.
I consume a large amount of maker content on UA-cam and just discovered this channel today. I am blown away!
Remember, shrinkage is for cold pools, not hammers.
😂😂😂
This man soo will have all metals as a sledgehammer and he’ll be unstoppable
Silver is the best material for mirrors because it reflects all light frequencies equally.
Have you thought about integrating fiberglass into the mold from the get-go to avoid cracking when you bake out the 3d printed template?
That's what I was thinking. Not sure how many layers of slurry he builds up, but maybe in the middle of the build up he could do that. Either that or heat it up even more slowly.
I was just thinking why not wrap a load of 0.8mm MIG wire round it and then slurry. Curing heat wouldn't affect that surely.
Even if it was the last layer before placing it in the kiln I'd think it would work.
@@mcirelandosharma7411 What about when the hot metal is poured in. Could it get hot enough to affect it then?
a teaspoon or two of borax takes care of greatly reducing the bubbles inclusion. You can add it right when it starts melting, and gently stirring it up right before pouring, but like a baker, trying not to agitate the molten metal much. Just slowly and steadily swirling around a couple of times. Lovely shapes, color contrasts and attention to detail.
FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT SILVER
You tube has hundreds if not thousands of videos of hammer creations and i have enjoyed many of them but this is without doubt thee most fascinating and original hammer of them all! Having said that, I am going to watch it all over again!
Make a cpu heat sink out of solid silver and compare it to a copper one of the same construction. That would be awesome and also bring in all the computer nerds to your channel.
Since I like sledge hammers I had to watch this video, and I was not disappointed. I wish there was someplace that sold sledge hammers made using high end materials. It is a thing of beauty!
Dr. Silver has a new rival
Gorgeous. Amazing work.
You should make mini hammers with the leftovers and do a giveaway!
Absolutely amazing! So beautiful. Nice job!
this gives a whole new meaning to "Maxwell's Sliver Hammer" 🤣
Your work is GORGEOUS!
I really enjoy your work and attention to detail. Nice job!!!!!!
OK, you HAVE to do Gold next. It's the next logical, accessible metal to continue the series. But maybe not the same size, just a tapper hammer of the same design. And you could cheat with electrum, or 'placer gold', which is an alloy of gold and silver.
Ooh a mythril hammer! Good for goblin slaying
Love how that turned out!
Nice work, Maxwell.
Stunning creation
Nice work sir.
Excellent craftsmanship!
Kudos for the proper tablesaw safety. That's often a rarity from the woodoworking UA-camrs, let alone the metalworking folks. :)
The alcohol vapor machine is really cool. So is the hammer! :)
ever tried working with argentium? its a silver alloy and is easier to work than stirling to the point of feeling like its cheating. try and see if the bubbling goes away adding some argentium to your next mixture.
This is an extremely expensive, and extremely beautiful, hammer!
Amazing work.
Good job! 👍👍
Cool project. Thanks for sharing one of your passions.
Super cool project!
All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.
Been watching this channel for at least a year, and the production quality is much better, and I love the new videos. You deserve more views
I really like the chamfers below the silver head. cool video!
Sooo cooooollll!!! I love how the handle has an almost metallic sheen to it, too.
That looks absolutely awesome!
Loving the humour, too.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing this!
Few things I would've made different:
- no chamfer on the handle to the head (that's a weak spot)
- some surfaces of the head sandblasted (or leave the casted surface)
- use a wedge of different (brighter) wood, like ash or beech
- above "Sterling" I'd add "925"
- and below it I'd stamp in the weigth of the head in grams and/or oz.
But that's just an opinion.
You result looks awesome, that's a fact. :)
A samurai mask from the rest of the silver would be amazing.
I would like to see a complete set. Why not do one in Nordic gold?
Great job!
Bravo. So satisfying to watch this video. Thank you!
*Awesome collection*
Congratulations! You made John Henry's hammer.
Great video, thank you. Beautiful result. Good job
Wow, way cool!! I wish I had that shop set up for sure!!
that hammer is absolutely gorgeous
Outstanding.
Definitely turned out beautiful, I agree, as a show piece, polished is beautiful. The original casting look was perfect for a use hammer 👏👍
A silver stake for killing vampires (using that big ol' hammer) out of the leftover sprue would be petfect for an October video.
I know a certain medicine major who would love one of these...
Man, 44 degrees outside, thats hot. Nice build.
Nice Job!
Very nice project.
Amazing!😮
Always entertaining and informative. The craftsmanship is excellent and both the video production and narration are without peer. Keep up the good work.
Great job
Very cool!!
This is absolutely beautiful. Another idea for a sledgehammer, you could do it out of tungsten. Or make one with steel then electroplate it with gold.
the melting point of tungsten is 3422 °c so I doubt he'd be able to melt that
I too wish to see the tungsten hammer, independent of its absurd expense & melting point.
@@rattus7455There is a tungsten carbide faced hammer on the market.
@@thespacenoob4760 oh yah i forgot about the high melting temp.
AWESOME MAESTRO
Beautiful
Thats awesome hamer
Great video. Love your content.
Your repair makes me wonder if you can build up that ceramic shell with fiber glass in the first place to keep it from cracking at all.
Nice work 😊
That is an object of beauty.
You should use the leftover silver to make a miniature version of the same hammer, then use the leftovers from that one to make an even smaller one.
For the surface imperfections in the silver, I might suggest one of the metal polish pastes they make for swords and the like, if the marks are small enough it might help them.
That's a nice little vampire-thwacker you got there
Amazing Craftsmanship 👍🏻👍👍🏽
Very Nice!😎
Waiting for the gold and the titanium hammers. As for this one, I have one word-----BEAUTIFUL!!!
That looks awesome! Now do tungsten next!!!
This is an optimal hammer if I remember my Dwarf Fortress correctly.
It's beautiful.
We've got copper, we've got silver, gold here we come
Well done Maxwell !
Awesome! That silver is so smooth, so expertly polished.
Master craftman at work. 👏👏
That's one beautiful hammer
You should make arrow tips for a longbow and make a handle for it if you can
It looks pretty nice 💪👏👏
i cant believe that someone like this would make a youtube acc.
Very cool 😎