Some silver and goldsmithing techniques in the Metal Lab

My experiments

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NEWly buily paintcan furnace June 2020
Newly buily barrel furnace June 2018
Videos from several experiments
Home made fume hood
Alloying nickel silver
Making sphecical domes of silver
Making a flat ring of silver

And other metal melting techniques:

Propane melting furnace
Propane melting furnace using cheap YTONG blocks as refractory
Propane melting furnace with larger capacity made from Mizzou concrete
Kanthal electric furnace
Electric arc melting
Homemade optical (disappearing filament) pyrometer

And chemistry:

Potassium chlorate making electrolysis
Attempts for making sodium metal

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Some silver and goldsmithing techniques in the Metal Lab

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