It's amazing how much Copper you can get from crushing and smelting down a small rock of Malachite ore. If anyone has a better way of doing it, please leave us a comment on how to do that. PLUS - all the Copper we smelted down today we will be giving away ....how do ya like them beans. Next, we will turn that Copper into Gold using the Philosophers stone ....stay tuned .

@VendettaProspecting

Жыл бұрын

THERE YOU GO BOSS!! LETS COPPER!!!!!

@motokenzo763

Жыл бұрын

In a previous life I sold air pollution monitoring systems to a smelter in AZ. They have some of the scariest smokestacks I've ever been up! 🤠

@VendettaProspecting

Жыл бұрын

@@motokenzo763 Intresting, I remember as a kid seeing active chimnies but not anymore! Thanks !!

@kenkarish826

Жыл бұрын

I think if you heat up your molds the bars will come out better.

@sgtsuperhate9796

Жыл бұрын

Could you use electrolysis to remove the copper

Sreetips has a torch aimed into the mould as he pours the metal in it keeps it right up to temperature till the end of the pour.

@bitsofeverything8385

Жыл бұрын

Copper boils way faster than gold, sreetips melts gold or silver only.

Everybody needs at least one dude like this in their lives I love this guys energy! Thank you for sharing brother God bless! 👍

@Askjeffwilliams

12 күн бұрын

thanks

Heat the mold red hot before and during the pouring, the shock of heat difference is minimal. Try skimming some of the slag off before you pour.

Hey Big boy! It's me Dave from Florida! I love the fact that you are doing videos again, anything you do is cool with me!

They say you learn something new everyday, and today I learnt all about copper. Loved it. Thank you so much Jeff. Years ago I can remember watching my dad melt down lead to make fishing weights. Always fascinated me. But, through dad's work trade, he ended up with severe lead poisoning! So, whenever he melted down lead, he had to drink a pint of full fat milk. This helped to neutralise the lead in his system. He's nearly 83 & having radiotherapy treatment (had 3rd dose today) but he does buy the fishing weights instead now!! Many thanks for all your hard work Jeff. Much appreciated. Take care.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thats great Sue, you betcha and you too

@alldayidreamaboutsteak551

Жыл бұрын

Wtf is great bout what Sue said. You fw

To get a decent looking bar from metal, you should get your mold hot enough that it glows and keep it there until you are finished pouring, this allows the metal to stay liquid for longer so that bubbles rise up and out, and the liquid is able to level off. You'll still likely get some defects from the bar shriveling up in the cold, but it'll shine up very well.

@dionh70

Жыл бұрын

I've seen other people also sprinkle some powdered graphite in their mold when they pour in their smelted metals. Does that make a significant difference?

@amefeu4259

Жыл бұрын

@@dionh70 If you are using a steel mold or similar, it helps improve the finish and release of the metal, but if you use a graphite mold it's made of the stuff.

@87mattjt

Жыл бұрын

The preheating technique is what Sreetips uses on his channel, he usually uses map gas or acetylene

@stephenwerle4509

Жыл бұрын

And if you cool the bar slower the wrinkling will be less significant

All these years and you're still making great, entertaining videos :)

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks

If anyone knows how to cast nice metal bars it will be the Australian guy from the bigstackD Casting YT channel. He made an art out of making metal bars from all sorts of scrap metal. He also shows how he does it, and how he gives the bars a nice finishing polish. I'm sure that if you watch his videos that you can learn from it. And besides that it is a joy to watch his videos.

@jamiedubois5052

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

@jacobbevers8171

Жыл бұрын

I think it’s New Zealand…but Aussie still I guess…

@solace4692

Жыл бұрын

I like it when Jeff pretends his a novice, he explains "see the mistake" I made, so, other words, don't go be a fart smeller and do this here at home kids, thermal shocking, water vaper creating bubbles in the cast. If anything, it's being in a hurry, having stage fright to perform in front of camera lences in a timeous fashion and not the fact that he does not know. OH he knows, OH the humanity...take 6...

@supra8795

Жыл бұрын

Yup, he's good

@nickstevens2927

Жыл бұрын

I asked BigstackD to do a copper ore video a couple of years ago , as far as I know he still hasn’t done it . But I am more than happy to be corrected. Well done Jeff for doing it .

I used your Parkes process from a long time ago. It worked perfectly

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Many years ago, I visited a copper smelter in upper Michigan. They poured the copper into molds made of copper. Immediately after the mold was filled, the whole thing was sprayed with water. Shortly after, the ingots were solid enough to be dumped out of the mold into a pool of water. The ingots were quite nice looking, being only slightly discoloured. Possibly a mold of the same material resulted in the ingots being so nice,

Powder!!! Let’s Goooooooo!!!

And thank you enough you are the man I like all your educational videos thank you thank you Jeff for taking the time to do that there's people out here that that really love that profession and are just learning and thank God it's through you good man

I can't wait to come out there & hunt for heavy elements.

Haven't seen you in over a year bless u jeff

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks

Grinding it up is the answer Jeff.

Great to see Jeff up and about, don't care none, just the smelting of mental is enough to get my AU boiling.

This exciting and extremely cool! Thanks, now i know the ancient secrets of working with semi precious stones.

Another fantastic video .......goot job.

Ok, that was just great. Thanks, Jeff.

Hi Mr. JEFF, (and Slim) Post bar making you can use tomato paste to clean copper. The acidity of 🍅 🍅 🍅 cleans the bottoms of my copper kitchen pans quite well. Worth a shot smart feller.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Was working with copper all day and was wondering the smelting process. Loved the video and answered my questions!

@Askjeffwilliams

7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

This is great. This guy is great and heck think i learned something! I gotta see what other videos this guy has!

That sound at 7:30 is so cool

Smelting is so much fun!

Thanks for your hard working friend Mr Jeff.keep up

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

So I'm back on the Patron list! Yeah!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thats Great Ronald

Looking good ☺️

Crushing the ore qill be a faster/better reaction because crushing the ore will increase the surface area exposed to the chemicals/gases during the reaction in the furnace.

Jeff, you always make your videos Interesting, informative and fun!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Awesome video! !! !!! !! !!! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! !!!

Goldurn it Crushinator, jump! No Pa, I love him.

What up Jeffery Scott here Hey, that's awesome, beautiful stuff. Thank you for sharing that smelting fun. I'll tell ya what though, it looks freakin hot! Oh that's right, it wasn't hot at all, due to the cozy weather. Lol Hilarious!!🤣🙂

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

hahahahaha thanks

Thanks for all the education you've given me over the years bub

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

you betcha

You are so funny! Awesome video to learn what smelting is 😊

You gotta eat the beans first! That’s the secret to a good pour! Thanks for the fun content and the knowledge!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

I knew it ....thanks

Good information

This was a fun video!

Come on, let's go!!!

What a great video Jeff. Very interesting to see this and that great ripper shout out, at 58 seconds. And the extra funny stuff…. The ear guy and the “what’s that?” guy.. love watching.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Gary

Adamım seni tebrik ediyorum...sen bu işi güzel yapıyorsun...sağol....kendine iyi bak...

Another great one

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Very hot mold 👌with a bit of graphite or sawdust to eat the oxygen and stop sticking 👌

damn, that's some pretty green rock

Just the man I needed to see. Go Go Gadget information 😂

Crushed easy one

*Very interesting Jeff Williams 🙌👌☺️* Yes,I smashed it 😃

Thanks Jeff, I have a few good copper vain’s on one or two of my claims. I haven’t done anything yet the copper yet. Because I wasn’t sure how to smelt it out. So thanks again & please keep the videos coming.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

you betcha

Great video! Can't wait for Jeff to make a video on how to make gunpowder out of sulfur rock and charcoal, hint, hint!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

and Potassium Nitrate

@tjbeep

Жыл бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams Yessirree! That stuff doesn't grow on trees!!😄

Loved the whole process, Jeff. Very informative, couldn’t turn it off if we wanted to.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks you two

Awesome Jeff!! I know where some is at! Thanks for sharing video, this'll is definitely being saved!! All the best to you and family!!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks ...there is a mine full of it called Copper World

Another cool video JW! Have a great weekend!!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks and you too

Great video Jeff. i am in process of crushing the copper ore i got from the old mine then gonna smelt it.

Cool! I recently collected a small pile of Malachite I may try this !

Thank you for posting this video it was only the other day I was asking you about the blue Rock

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

and here it is

The mineral itself is more beautiful, and in my opinion more valuable than the garbage piece of copper you get, besides all the process needed and cancer from the dust. Nice and informative video anyhow.

awesome sauce

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

😋

I live in Nevada and I have alot of those rocks on my property. Thanks for the tip

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

I love this kind of thing. More flux chemistry is more better!

You can also use a piece of cardboard under the crucible to keep it from sticking. (Tip courtesy of a BigstackD channel subscriber.)

There's something you put in molten copper to keep it from absorbing nitrogen. Grant Thompson struggled with that. I know copper is more common and less valuable, but that color has got to be the prettiest and most unique in the periodic table. It all deserves to be cast into cool steampunk-looking machine parts or something.

Very cool. Great information my brain will forget

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Very interesting video Jeff we really liked this one, so we smashed the flux out of your like button!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@SueCooke

Жыл бұрын

Smashed the flux! Lol! Why did I find that very tongue in cheek? Or is it just my way of thinking 🤔?? 😂 Hope you're both keeping well over there my lovelies & not too hot 🥵 Stay safe.

thanks for sharing

@Askjeffwilliams

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure

52.5 gms WOW TOO COOL! If and when I find precious metals, I’ll leave it to the professionals Jeff

Awesome video old son .. 🤘😎

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice can't wait to hear from you Jeff so come on let's go

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

here I am sonny Jim

Thanks Jeff I have copper all around me I'm going to refer to this one when or if I start 👍🙏

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thank You for that Harles69 , we really appreciate it

Yes!

Looked a bit of gold in the chunky ✨️ they heat up the molds

We had silver and copper mines here in my region in Slovakia - where mining ended around 1789-179x...

Also, great beans!!

You can put cardboard under your crucible if you don't have bone ash. It forms a thin layer of ash. Cool!

I own a copper mining claim right in the northern copper belt of Namibia . I’m definitely going to research and try this

Awesome

Exalent super 👌 Sir

2 things for a good copper bar: 1: you gotta top it off with flux when you reheat it, and 2, then you reheat it in the mold [typically in a refractory/heat-treating type oven] and let it sit there at the melting point for 2 hours, then really slowly let it cool back to at least the freezing point before letting it completely cool outside of the kiln/oven.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Nice video bud I go up to copper country quite often... Aka the keweenaw peninsula of Michigan... Going to have to try some of the techniques you use in your videos

I just came across this video and I'm so glad..Bro you're f*ckin hilarious....I'm talking seriously entertaining..Can't wait to watch more of your content !!

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

just keep them pants on ....we got more on the way

I did just the opposite a while back. I turned copper into it's salts with different acids. Fun times!

Me likes that tiny oven. Great heater to cook the Bush's. Oh and a power goes quicker..................... Nope I was wrong.

I like the music too.

when we were purring molten chocolate in the mold we tap it so that the liquid gets settled all around and the air bubbles go away. dont know about copper but it works with choco 😁

You gotta do some gold smelting next man!!!!

Addrock and bigstackd use cardboard under the crucible when firing copper to stop sticking must just be that ash that stops the sticking if you need to penny pinch 👌

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

exactly

Good afternoon from Northern Wisconsin.

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

afternoon

Sweet ⛏️

Thanks Jeff🤪

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

you betcha

Jewelers Cloth, to shine up them bars! (And gold!)

Very satisfying video, some people use borax to melt copper so it can clean all that unpured copper out of it!! I'm new to your channel so far I'm loving all your videos, take care and God bless

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

thanks

You have a great personality…AND.. you have found your Stride… A Perfect Storm if Blessing… Enjoy your Blessed Life… i am🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Try smoking your mold first jeffuse the acyl. Side of your cutting torch to smoke your mold, it helps the metal flow into the corners easier

Sweet

I'm a fart smeller when it comes to smelting jk I haven't even coated my foundry yet and it has almost been a year .many if I find some green rock it will motivate me. Thanks again for the vids

The bullion pit ! 👀

The first best thing I can tell you to get prettier bars is to heat up your molds. That iron sucks the heat right out of that molten copper and it freezes before it settles in the mold. It seemed you had the copper hot enough so I don't think it's that. When I say heat up, red hot isn't too hot, SON. 🤭 See you next time, Jeff! 🖖‍

That was definitely cool. That hot stuff splashing is that from not heating up the molds. Be safe thank you for sharing ✌️ 🙏

@Askjeffwilliams

Жыл бұрын

that was from a little water in the pan

@billdgen116

Жыл бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams thanks for letting me know.

Hey Jeff, that’s awesome, always loved smelting. If you get a chance, look up Steetips on KZread. This guy is a genius meticulous garage chemist. He shows precise brake down on gold and silver. I think a smart feller like you will enjoy it. Your copper should be 4.3 Oz

@matthewbarnes646

Жыл бұрын

Sreetips you mean? I agree 100% he has a great YT library of high purity refining tech. His bars beautiful.

@lawrencerenew8668

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewbarnes646 yes I spelled it correctly in the second comment. “Predictive text” 😁

I must say, my blackberry, apple & elderberry pie looked like that today. Cooked it too long lol!!

Heat the mold before and while pouring. That way material doesn't start solidify immediately, when it hits cold mold. Flows much smoother.✌️😎