by Dan Ballard | Apr 21, 2013 | Gold
Click the image for an enlarged high resolution view. Repost from my photography blog. What you see is some gold being melted with a hydrogen/oxygen torch. When you burn hydrogen the byproduct besides the extreme heat is water vapor. The ounces of water made when we...
by Dan Ballard | Apr 14, 2013 | Platinum
A few years ago Jurgen Maerz (then working for the Platinum Guild) came to our shop at PMW/FG to try the lowest technology way to spin cast any metal. In this case he chose to use the hardest of them all to cast by hand-platinum. This is that video. Please feel free...
by Dan Ballard | Apr 11, 2013 | Casting Grain, Gold
Yesterday I went out to the factory and I found myself with some extra time. And I had brought some camera gear including a GoPro and a Canon 7D. The GoPro is an extreme sports camera. Waterproof and shock tolerant. Luckily my friend Kevin was with me to help with...
