Working with Silver

Tom Gardner · 2011-10-02T01:07:35+00:00

I have a request for 20 Silver bullets in .45 caliber. I don't think I can or should cast them directly in my Aluminum molds. So, I thought of doing them with the lost wax method. I can cast the wax in my molds but what to use as a mold release? I do have a graphite spray mold release to try. I do have some casting wax left over from my Silversmith days. Unfortunately, I do not have a centrifugal casting machine so I'll try the wet rag method. Any better ideas? I did quote $30 each so it's worth the trouble. I should get better than two bullets to the ounce of silver. I do have a couple of pounds of fine and a couple pounds of Sterling. I wonder which I should use? I don't know if it makes a difference to Werewolves, does it?

Working with Silver

Oct 02, 2011 25 Replies

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pyotr filipivich 14 years ago

I've heard of using some kind of sabot, because silver being harder than lead, it doesn't engaged the lands as well.

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Jim Wilkins 14 years ago

Are these for display or use?

Will the customer accept silver plating?

jsw

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Jon Anderson 14 years ago

My dad says his memory is improving with age. Why, it's getting so good, he remembers things that never even happened!

Jon

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Larry Jaques 14 years ago

The older I get, the better I was.

-- Worry is a misuse of imagination. -- Dan Zadra

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jk 14 years ago

Other way around. Sterling Tarnishes a whole lot more than fine, fine hardly tarnishes at all.

FIn is usually softer, as cast, but both work harden a LOT. jk

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Larry Jaques 14 years ago

I wonder if it would still work on vampires^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwerewolves if you coated the silver bullets with EverBrite?

-- We are always the same age inside. -- Gertrude Stein

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