Originally Posted by
Airborne Falcon
I actually attended jewelers' school down in Sebring, Florida twenty years ago and learned the lost wax investment casting method - we did silver, gold and platinum back then. I just don't have the vacuum casting equipment or a pot that would get hot enough ... but I do happen to know a couple of good jewelers.
Good idea men. Didn't think of that. All I need to do is take him a few fresh outta the box 240 grain Gold Dots ... no, wait.
Why couldn't I just let him cast directly into one of my molds? I wonder if it would be too much heat for one of my molds?
Better yet - if my molds would handle it couldn't I invest in one of those small smelting crucibles, one of those ceramic jobs, melt it down with a torch and then cast into my own molds?
She is giving me silver coins, silver dollars. I doubt he'll ever fire the dang things but who knows ... just in case, I wanna make sure these bad boys go bang without any problems so I gotta get them close to weight and still be able to lube'em up right.
I'm not sure if having an jeweler make a casting tree out of several factory pills, but make them solid silver .... wait, I guess it would have to be similar to solid copper.