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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.
@@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
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.
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!
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.
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
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'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.
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.
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!
A 6 lb gold hammer would be approximately 1/4 million dollars worth of gold after it is fully complete. Add waste, another $100,000. Donations welcome.
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!
Nice clip. Love the idea of a silver sledge hammer. One point: handles in general are best left unfinished. The sealed timber promotes blisters on your hands. This is especially the case with wheelbarrows pouring concrete, where your hands come under a lot of wear over a very short period of time, but would apply to driving spikes as well. Thanks for all the videos. Please keep it up
Another fine piece of craftsmanship. I dub thee "Nightsbane". May all your nightly activities go off without a hitch, and if they do... well, may Nightsbane serve you well.
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.
What you can do to remove that defects from silver is adding inert gas like argon in the furnance and pouring it as soon as possible it will be significantly improves the defects (if done correctly) because argon doesn't react with anything. @7:22 Hope this helps! 👍
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. :)
For filling in the air bubbles while sidestepping the thermal conductivity, I'd think about impact welding, such as the Dymet powder spraying technology. This instantly welds tiny particles to the main body by colliding them at the correct speed, so they stick like snowballs.
Does the silver absorb the oxygen while melting or during the cooling phase? I'm just wondering if using a vacuum chamber of some sort while cooling would help the bubbling.
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.
absolutely remarkable creation. i am very impressed. your previous acheivement -- the brass sledge -- is more praqctical. if i had my "d'rathers" i would have a sledge out f berillium brass. thanks for the video. -toly
Always entertaining and informative. The craftsmanship is excellent and both the video production and narration are without peer. Keep up the good work.
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.
AWESOME! Seeing the attempt at collecting all shavings possible and the amounts of sanding done for polishing, wonder if it's possible to collect the sludge from the water sanding paper and melt it. How big of a nugget can be cast?
What are your times per coat with the slurry sand mix? Have you tested with different grades of sand? What I have on hand is probably way too fine so I’ll need to get more.
Although not optimum, you may be able use jewellery-grade silver solder to fill voids. I have used the technique with some success to repair sterling items that were corroded and pitted by flood water that was kind of acidic.
Nevef done any casting or ceramic molding, but a thought, would embedding a bit of that fiberglass before the initial melt out of the mold prevent the cracking?
Awesome video! What was the name of that thing that smoothed your print with alcohol vapor and the specific filament that smooths with alcohol vapor??? I need that setup! Lol 👍
It might not be a bad idea to try layering on fiberglass cloth all around the mold after each dip into the slurry (or just incorporating a few layers, adding a layer every dip might be overkill). It seems like you get a crack nearly every time and I feel like that would add structural integrity to the cast which should help prevent cracking. Looks awesome by the way! I've been wanting to get into 3D printing to try my hand at casting for a while now, could potentially be useful for my work, or at the very least fun to do.
For the extra chunk of silver from the sprue, maybe something like a little globe with inlaid country and continent lines? 1. It would be a neat build. 2. Silver made the world go round in the old days.
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.
You should try an air peener (a.k.a. needle scaler) for removing the ceramic from your projects, in conjunction with the blast cabinet, it'll likely take care of all the clean up.
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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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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
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
Is that Maxwell's Silver Hammer? Very cool and a great way to hide some value.
beatles moment
My first thought!
@@TheNeon67 the beetles are forbidden on youtube
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
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Good to see another full video. Your content is extremely relaxing and interesting at the same time.
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?
I consume a large amount of maker content on RUclips and just discovered this channel today. I am blown away!
Kudos for the proper tablesaw safety. That's often a rarity from the woodoworking RUclipsrs, let alone the metalworking folks. :)
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.
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!
I like that you're loosening up and including more subtle humour in your vids. Keep it up man.
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 love when you use the lost pla method; it is the reason why I started watching you channel and it is how I found it.
Incredible. You really should sign and date and sell the copper and the silver hammers. You have a customer right here.
Silver is the metal that way more satisfying to watch than the other metals.. Please made a silver and gold sphere, that would be the best video❤❤❤❤
What a great shop you have! And for a man your age, you seem to have the necessary time to do what you obviously love doing. Congrats!
Now you need to complete the collection. Gold hammer!
A 6 lb gold hammer would be approximately 1/4 million dollars worth of gold after it is fully complete. Add waste, another $100,000. Donations welcome.
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!
Definitely turned out beautiful, I agree, as a show piece, polished is beautiful. The original casting look was perfect for a use hammer 👏👍
This man soo will have all metals as a sledgehammer and he’ll be unstoppable
Beautiful! Metallic silver has a beautiful ring to it, so this hammer will be delightful to the ear when you use it.
Nice clip. Love the idea of a silver sledge hammer.
One point: handles in general are best left unfinished. The sealed timber promotes blisters on your hands. This is especially the case with wheelbarrows pouring concrete, where your hands come under a lot of wear over a very short period of time, but would apply to driving spikes as well.
Thanks for all the videos. Please keep it up
Waiting for the gold and the titanium hammers. As for this one, I have one word-----BEAUTIFUL!!!
Another fine piece of craftsmanship. I dub thee "Nightsbane". May all your nightly activities go off without a hitch, and if they do... well, may Nightsbane serve you well.
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.
I really like the chamfers below the silver head. cool video!
What you can do to remove that defects from silver is adding inert gas like argon in the furnance and pouring it as soon as possible it will be significantly improves the defects (if done correctly) because argon doesn't react with anything. @7:22
Hope this helps! 👍
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
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. :)
Just wow. You got skills to pay the bills!!!
Sooo cooooollll!!! I love how the handle has an almost metallic sheen to it, too.
Absolutely incredibly gorgeous!
I was going to be mad if you used anything but walnut for the handle. I love this so much.
that hammer is absolutely gorgeous
Solid gold 4 the next hammer! That will be the most expensive hammer. Gr8 video!
That thing’s worth more than my computer and phone combined
Man, 44 degrees outside, thats hot. Nice build.
Awesome! That silver is so smooth, so expertly polished.
Nice work, Maxwell.
For filling in the air bubbles while sidestepping the thermal conductivity, I'd think about impact welding, such as the Dymet powder spraying technology. This instantly welds tiny particles to the main body by colliding them at the correct speed, so they stick like snowballs.
Does the silver absorb the oxygen while melting or during the cooling phase? I'm just wondering if using a vacuum chamber of some sort while cooling would help the bubbling.
All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality.
That's definitely a wall hanger because you never want to use it that is great work😊😊
It's interesting how thin and transparent the molten silver looks. It almost seems like murky hot water.
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.
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.
absolutely remarkable creation. i am very impressed.
your previous acheivement -- the brass sledge -- is more praqctical.
if i had my
"d'rathers" i would have a sledge out f berillium brass.
thanks for the video.
-toly
Cool project. Thanks for sharing one of your passions.
Always entertaining and informative. The craftsmanship is excellent and both the video production and narration are without peer. Keep up the good work.
i cant believe that someone like this would make a youtube acc.
very pretty ! love the walnut handle !
Nice work sir.
Really cool hammer there Thor!
Love it! Can't wait for the obvious next step of a gold hammer...
Bravo. So satisfying to watch this video. Thank you!
I really enjoy your work and attention to detail. Nice job!!!!!!
Silver is the best material for mirrors because it reflects all light frequencies equally.
*astonishingly beautiful*
The alcohol vapor machine is really cool. So is the hammer! :)
Stunning creation
Great video, thank you. Beautiful result. Good job
That sledgehammer came out nice👍 A lot of work went into making that….lots of hours.
saw a hammer in the thumbnail and immedietley thought "robinson foundry" lol
keep it coming. you're my favorite hammer bro
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.
AWESOME!
Seeing the attempt at collecting all shavings possible and the amounts of sanding done for polishing, wonder if it's possible to collect the sludge from the water sanding paper and melt it. How big of a nugget can be cast?
That is an object of beauty.
Avoiding the little bubbles with a vibrating table while pouring, would that work?
Maybe. Vibration is how they make totally clear ice too.
What do you think of sand casting vs lost PLA? What size or geometries do you consider using one vs the other?
There is a purity about this hammer. Nice job☻
What are your times per coat with the slurry sand mix?
Have you tested with different grades of sand? What I have on hand is probably way too fine so I’ll need to get more.
Although not optimum, you may be able use jewellery-grade silver solder to fill voids. I have used the technique with some success to repair sterling items that were corroded and pitted by flood water that was kind of acidic.
Nevef done any casting or ceramic molding, but a thought, would embedding a bit of that fiberglass before the initial melt out of the mold prevent the cracking?
Awesome video! What was the name of that thing that smoothed your print with alcohol vapor and the specific filament that smooths with alcohol vapor???
I need that setup! Lol 👍
It might not be a bad idea to try layering on fiberglass cloth all around the mold after each dip into the slurry (or just incorporating a few layers, adding a layer every dip might be overkill). It seems like you get a crack nearly every time and I feel like that would add structural integrity to the cast which should help prevent cracking.
Looks awesome by the way! I've been wanting to get into 3D printing to try my hand at casting for a while now, could potentially be useful for my work, or at the very least fun to do.
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Muy bueno!!!! Saludos desde San Luis, Argentina
To avoid bubbling when cast, can the surrounding be blasted with CO2 or Argon for a short while, while pouring?
Amazing work.
Good job! 👍👍
Great job! Did you laquer the silver to protect it from oxidation?
Absolutely amazing! So beautiful. Nice job!
Wow, way cool!! I wish I had that shop set up for sure!!
This is a silver war hammer, all craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality
Ooh a mythril hammer! Good for goblin slaying
For the extra chunk of silver from the sprue, maybe something like a little globe with inlaid country and continent lines?
1. It would be a neat build.
2. Silver made the world go round in the old days.
You should make arrow tips for a longbow and make a handle for it if you can
This is an extremely expensive, and extremely beautiful, hammer!
I know a certain medicine major who would love one of these...
That looks amazing! And yeah silver can be a jerk when it comes to porosity. But it still looks great
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.
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.
Well done Maxwell !
FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT SILVER
You should try an air peener (a.k.a. needle scaler) for removing the ceramic from your projects, in conjunction with the blast cabinet, it'll likely take care of all the clean up.