Fresh casting...

Pre cleaning and polishing - a custom desire chip for a client celebrating seven years of sobriety.  89,95,76,0,B

Third time's a charm...

Finally got a perfect cast of an AA desire chip in aluminum bronze.  This will polish up nicely to a dark golden color.  For any of you folks out there that are proud of your sobriety - these will be for sale soon.  $55 including shipping.  Custom years will be available for $85.  80,82,50,0,B

new castings coming up...

I was recently contacted about producing more AA desire chips.  Since the price of silver is relatively high now, I am going to try to cast them in brass.  44,56,22,0,C

last silver for awhile...

Just finished another order of AA desire chips for the client who prompted me to figure out how to successfully cast these.  Now that they are done and I know the 3D printer will work for me printing masters of my own design to cast from - the Field Lab mint will be on the back burner for the coming months as it's time to shift gears and put on the tool belt.  Six yards of gravel is coming for the construction site tomorrow and foundation materials will be delivered early next week so it's time to go into building mode.  55,66,60,0,W

last chips

Celebrate your sobriety.  I have a limited quantity of freshly cast one troy ounce sterling silver AA desire chips ready if anyone is interested (this batch about to get polished and tumbled).  Contact me via email if you want one and I will send you purchasing details.  lifeoffthegrid@yahoo.com.  54,62,25,0,B

cast venting...

Cast a few more AA desire chips today (video Friday).  If there is enough interest, I will put them up for sale on the blog - they will be $65.  They are cast in sterling silver, are twice the thickness of a standard chip, and come in at about one troy ounce.  (It should be noted that a skinny half ounce machine made silver AA chip available from internet retailers costs $55)   81,87,48,0,C

taming the beast...

Got my new mold frame today and gave vertical casting a try.  Success!  Video tomorrow.  65,70,43,0,B

the beast...

I have found the AA desire chip to be a real beast to cast consistently well.  Only 12 good ones so far.  I have lost count of how many duds I've had.  Unless you have had a lot of experience casting precious metals - please don't offer any suggestions.  I have gotten good casts and duds using the exact same methods.  This is a very complex issue that I have yet to figure out - and I have already tried countless numbers of variations.  62,78,59,T,W