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Vinca

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2. I do that when I run across weighted sterling candle holders that are all dinged up.

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Sat Jul 24, 2021, 06:04 AM

Jul 2021

I buy them on the cheap or get them free at the recycling shed at the dump. It's amazing how thin the silver is. One of these days I've got to take my box of scrap silver to the gold/silver buyer, although I've thought of learning how to melt it myself and making ingots.

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Sawed a Sterling candle stick in half today. [View all] multigraincracker Jul 2021 OP

I meant to say one was 25 grams. multigraincracker Jul 2021 #1

I do that when I run across weighted sterling candle holders that are all dinged up. Vinca Jul 2021 #2

I've thought of that too. multigraincracker Jul 2021 #3

Silver should melt with a MAPP gas torch. Just add a cheap crucible and you're ready to go. eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #4

Thanks for the info. I should have checked youtube. Vinca Jul 2021 #5