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Ok guys.
I'm going out on a limb here and hoping that there are some old school metal machinists here that can help me out with getting started on my next "project".
I have been perfecting my ingot casting down and have perfected making a nice uniform blank ingot. I can pour them well in brass and bronze, but mostly i have been making them in silver. Bought a lot of silver when it was cheap(er) and have been playing with it ever since.
Anyway.
I am interested in having some dies made to where I can stamp these into "art bars". But thats pretty much where my knowledge ends.
l know I need dies, and I know I need a press. But I have no idea where to look. Does anyone know where to go for getting coining dies? And on a press. Do I have to get a big hydraulic press, or is there a manual one that uses force like a break.
Any insight or information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm going out on a limb here and hoping that there are some old school metal machinists here that can help me out with getting started on my next "project".
I have been perfecting my ingot casting down and have perfected making a nice uniform blank ingot. I can pour them well in brass and bronze, but mostly i have been making them in silver. Bought a lot of silver when it was cheap(er) and have been playing with it ever since.
Anyway.
I am interested in having some dies made to where I can stamp these into "art bars". But thats pretty much where my knowledge ends.
l know I need dies, and I know I need a press. But I have no idea where to look. Does anyone know where to go for getting coining dies? And on a press. Do I have to get a big hydraulic press, or is there a manual one that uses force like a break.
Any insight or information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!