scrap gold melt

[AL1]

Anyone know of a good way to heat up and melt gold grindings and scrap to form my own bars?
I dont think a burnout oven gets hot enough if I placed scrap in crucible in oven.
Why do I want to do this, I thought it might be fun and give me a better idea of what I have.

 

[2thm8kr]

I just use an old crucible and a torch.

 

[stt672]

Yep, old crucible and torch. Thats the easy part the hard part is not getting screwed on your settlement.

 

[Clear Precision Dental]

I concur. Torch, crucible... dab any slag that rises to the top with a school-type graphite pencil (pulls the old slag away),then a light sprinkle of Borax flux. You end up with a beautiful mirror-ball of reasonably clean gold.

 

[AL1]

Thanks, I am going to give it a try.

 

[Toast]

I have a family member who is a retired jeweler and has given me some tools and things over the years. The ingot mold is pretty cool for making gold wire/rods. Just melt it in the crucible, clean it up with flux and pour into an oiled mold held at a slight angle.

 

[3DLPrint]

I have a family member who is a retired jeweler and has given me some tools and things over the years. The ingot mold is pretty cool for making gold wire/rods. Just melt it in the crucible, clean it up with flux and pour into an oiled mold held at a slight angle.

Please do not forget to heat the mold a little otherwise you'll be going to the Emergency Room if there is moisture.

Peter