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Gold Refining Demonstration
This video shows the actual gold refining process from melting the scrap into shot (Not a bar for assay). You will see the melt, the dissolve in our lab beakers, and the precipitation of the pure gold from solution. In the end we re-melt the pure to make some shots...
Why We Should Stop Offering White Gold
A Note For Jewelry Professionals And Consumers What do we like best about real gemstones like diamond, sapphire and ruby? They each present a beautiful natural color. Why do we like gold? For its color, luster and malleability by jewelers and goldsmiths around the...
GOLD Is The New Gold, 316L is Just The Old Stainless
The Great Recessions impact on precious metals and consumer spending had epic impact on our business. Many fine firms of long standing were lost. Sadly some of those had even survived the Great Depression. One other effect the Great Recession had was to push us...
Making Water Whilst Melting Gold – A Thought For The Day
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...
Sling Casting Platinum By Hand
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...
Making Perfect 14k Casting Grain
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...