[Jewelry making - Article 00305] - Re: [Orchid] Reuse Sterling Silver from flatware

[richard hart]

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>     Words of wisdom would be to just buy sterling silver..     you
>     have wasted more time and money shopping for stuff to melt down
>     then it costs at 7$ an ounce PURE 

    I have used sterling flatware, chopped it into pieces, and cast with
    it , I buy it from a coin dealer, and I pay spot price. Cheapest way
    to buy silver. 

    I also buy those wonderful stamped round "investment" metals from
    Franklin Mint. I have melted thousands of those. Spot price. I have
    bought pure silver rounds. Spot price. 

    I pay for the value of the fine silver content, and get the alloyed
    metal. So I pay $1.50-$2.00 less per ounce than I would from any
    metal supplier, and using 50-100 ounces a week, that savings goes in
    my pocket. 

    I buy 24 kt grain from a coin dealer, .03%-.05% over spot, alloy
    whatever quality of white, red, or yellow gold I need and if you
    figure how much Stuller charges to alloy the metal for you, you
    might be surprised at what you can save doing it yourself. I don
    have different karat gold shot sitting around.Once you figure the
    math part out, it is very easy. 

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