Topic: [ANN] SaltySpitoon's Silver "Garlic" Bread Loaves DIY Wallets *In Stock* - page 2. (Read 1323 times)
March 06, 2018, 04:08:51 PM
A new kiln is in the works, as well as a few others things. Last few weekends have just been gear maintenance and such, so not much new. But I will start work on the statues when I'm done with the kiln, and from there, you'll have to see.
March 04, 2018, 12:48:06 AM
#17 arrived safe and sound at my Nordic nuclear-proof cold storage site. Thank you!
Glad to hear it, thanks again.
March 03, 2018, 11:20:43 AM
#17 arrived safe and sound at my Nordic nuclear-proof cold storage site. Thank you!
February 28, 2018, 08:27:20 PM
Do you have a investment vibrator to get bubbles out of the mold? You can get one cheap and also find good deals on centrifugal casting machines on ebay.
I have a vacuum casting table to get bubbles out of molds and to suck metal into all of the little crevices of a mold when casting.
*Edit*
Here is the process I used when making another piece that shows the table.
https://imgur.com/a/3RQkR
February 28, 2018, 08:22:45 PM
I didn’t mean literal sand, but my ignorance is showing. Plastic cups was the piece of the puzzle I was missing. I’m a bit surprised that size is large enough to shield against heat transfer, but again, I have no experience with silver and very little experience with aluminum in this area. Would still love to see a video of the pour, mostly for my own educational purposes, but also because melted silver is sexy.
Reminds me... Wasn’t there someone who made their own silver bars by melting silver in a wooden mold using a microwave back in 2012? These alternate DIY minting methods are cool.
Reminds me... Wasn’t there someone who made their own silver bars by melting silver in a wooden mold using a microwave back in 2012? These alternate DIY minting methods are cool.
Well you can use literal sand, I have about 100 lbs of sand that I sifted through a very find micron mesh, mixed with equally fine bentonite clay, called greensand that you can use for sand casting. I also have some oilsands called Petrobond that I'm going to try casting into as well. With it, I'm going to cast a pan out of copper, and then plate it very heavily with silver.
The plastic cup is just something to pour the plaster into. With the bread loaves, I have about a half inch of clearance on each side. The molds are typically one use only, so even if they crack, its not until after the loaf has been poured and started to cool enough that it wont lose its shape. I've got lucky and got two pours out of a single mold, but most of the time, the silver burns some of the detail away, so I dont cast a second time. I will certainly get a good video for you this upcoming weekend
Here is a little better of an example of mold making https://i.imgur.com/LsfiCOn.png
The stainless steel ring fits into the bottom rubber portion. The plaster will be poured in, and left to set. After that, when it dries, it goes in the oven, and the PLA will melt out, leaving a little tunnel to the cavity in the plaster. Silver is poured in, and then the sprue is cut off and the piece is sanded, polished, etc. Same deal as that youtube link I posted previously.
Also, I've done the microwave method before. Its obscenely dangerous. I disabled all of my microwave's safety features, increased the frequency of the "microwaves" by overclocking it, and it made the waves small enough to get outside of the microwave through the venting slits. Took me a minute to figure out why my face was getting itchy.
Do you have a investment vibrator to get bubbles out of the mold? You can get one cheap and also find good deals on centrifugal casting machines on ebay.
February 26, 2018, 05:46:55 PM
Finally got my loaves 
Am quite pleased with their garlicky goodness.
Thanks Salty
Am quite pleased with their garlicky goodness.
Thanks Salty
glad to hear it! I'm not sure I'd recommend taking a bite out of them (assuming you haven't already) but I hope you enjoy in your own way.
February 26, 2018, 01:32:11 PM
Just got mine, very cool!
Thanks for the great product SaltySpitoon! The picture doesn't do it justice, you gotta really hold it in your hand to feel the garlicness
Thanks for the great product SaltySpitoon! The picture doesn't do it justice, you gotta really hold it in your hand to feel the garlicness
Glad you like them!
I've got 6 loaves left, I think I'll hold onto them (literally) if everyone that wanted one now has one. It'd really be a shame to melt these back down.
Onto my next project!
February 26, 2018, 05:06:09 AM
Just got mine, very cool!
Thanks for the great product SaltySpitoon! The picture doesn't do it justice, you gotta really hold it in your hand to feel the garlicness
Thanks for the great product SaltySpitoon! The picture doesn't do it justice, you gotta really hold it in your hand to feel the garlicness
February 25, 2018, 06:34:25 PM
Daily Bump
February 23, 2018, 10:06:01 AM
It is possible to store garlic coins and how?
There are multiple ways to make a garlic paper wallet. Either through your wallet client, or you can use a tool like https://walletgenerator.net/?currency=Garlicoin
February 23, 2018, 03:10:47 AM
It is possible to store garlic coins and how?
February 20, 2018, 06:28:38 PM
I will take #13, PM me!
Shipped
#17
PMing re details.
- "bad ass loaf you got there dude."
PMing re details.
- "bad ass loaf you got there dude."
and will ship tomorrow!
From the feedback I've been getting from people, like I thought, they are pretty happy with the texture. Had a person PM me saying that they doubt they'll load theirs, and they just carried it around in their pocket over the weekend. I stopped trying to avoid the little flaws, rather I just finish them up so that the flaws are textually appealing.
February 20, 2018, 05:00:32 PM
#17
PMing re details.
PMing re details.
February 20, 2018, 05:06:56 AM
I will take #13, PM me!
February 20, 2018, 12:15:20 AM
Here is the video of the pour: https://vimeo.com/256492427
Very cool Salty. I was hoping to see some flames and wasn't disappointed. Thanks for doing this. I believe you're the only person doing this here, so it's nice to have you share the visuals.
February 19, 2018, 11:23:32 PM
Is this for sale?
February 19, 2018, 05:37:14 PM
9 additional garlic bread loaves are now in stock.
Here is the video of the pour: https://vimeo.com/256492427
I'm changing a few things up, including the mold material. I have a much lower success rate, with about 50% of loaves needing to be scrapped and repoured, and a bit of weight inconsistency, but the loaves that do come out right, really come out right. The texture on them is incredibly gratifying. Hopefully I'll have better luck with them in the future, but its worth not having to let the molds sit and cure overnight.
Here is the video of the pour: https://vimeo.com/256492427
I'm changing a few things up, including the mold material. I have a much lower success rate, with about 50% of loaves needing to be scrapped and repoured, and a bit of weight inconsistency, but the loaves that do come out right, really come out right. The texture on them is incredibly gratifying. Hopefully I'll have better luck with them in the future, but its worth not having to let the molds sit and cure overnight.
February 17, 2018, 08:56:49 PM
February 17, 2018, 05:44:13 PM
Of course, the weather took a turn for the worse, so I'll have to hold off until tomorrow to cast. I got two bread loaves done, but they aren't cleaned up yet. I used a new casting technique, and they turned out quite a bit different, but I'm liking it. Will upload pictures when done.
This is also unfinished, so it looks really rough at the moment, but.
https://i.imgur.com/kkviDti.png
This is also unfinished, so it looks really rough at the moment, but.
https://i.imgur.com/kkviDti.png
Nah this is still cool as shit. Anything Star Wars and you've got my attention. Look forward to the finished product though!
Great job, I am very much looking forward to having the finished piece on my desk.
February 17, 2018, 05:07:10 PM
Of course, the weather took a turn for the worse, so I'll have to hold off until tomorrow to cast. I got two bread loaves done, but they aren't cleaned up yet. I used a new casting technique, and they turned out quite a bit different, but I'm liking it. Will upload pictures when done.
This is also unfinished, so it looks really rough at the moment, but.
https://i.imgur.com/kkviDti.png
This is also unfinished, so it looks really rough at the moment, but.
https://i.imgur.com/kkviDti.png
Nah this is still cool as shit. Anything Star Wars and you've got my attention. Look forward to the finished product though!
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