30 years ago myself and one of my best friends used to make copper, brass and aluminum ingots for sale at a flea market. We would leave the ingot in the mold until the next one was to be poured to keep the molds hot and ready.

You are right every ingot is unique. I know you could make money but I can’t sell mine I love them too much . I poured a 10 Pound copper bar on my channel and my mate offered to buy it for $100 ,I told him noway not gonna happen ! $150🤔mmmmaybe . Great vid as always matey , Perfect pours mate . I love when copper pours like water it’s so much easier as you say to take it up to 100°C well over melting point to make it easier. After this video you’ll probably have 1000 watching your bars on eBay 👍🏻.

Need to preheat your molds and use flux before you pour, your barswill look 100 times better. Also, flip them into water about 10-20 seconds after pouring, and there will be less ripples on top of the bar. If you watch closely after pouring, you can see the copper harden over. Then flip into water.

If you have a lot of scrap copper that's not in ingot form, then it's worth it to melt down. Not only for its "artisanal" value, but also to save on space. You're looking at a small fraction of the required space, to that of all the loose wire (especially when we're talking about higher gauge wires).

I love the pride and confidence you display in your explanation of your every craft from copper to gold my friend...

"The smaller one is going to be the lighter one" Such profound wisdom.

Really enjoyed the Video. I collect fine copper bars and yours look truly artisan. Well done

Thanks again Ben,every one of your videos is a inspiration for me.

I keep watching this video over and over, I am so excited for my forge to arrive! Great video! and good on ya for mentioning safety gear!!

I don't know why watching guys doing metal stuff like this gets me going like this but I know I had the evening of my life right now watching it. Keep it going.

Update on this lot, 3 weeks and 12 bars have sold, only two left from this batch, new batch coming soon when weather permits

Mesmerizing! I can’t stop watching these videos about making bars for some reason. Keep them coming!

Hey there, been a subscriber for a bit now. I just got my 1st furnace. Merry Christmas to me. You inspired me my friend. Can't wait to make some bars for gifts and hoard and sell. Love watching your videos you really go into detail and have helped me with my scrapping. Keep up the informative videos...Trash Pirate from the States.

Love it!! Maybe if you put your molds into a pile of sand. The sand would help keep them hot. Far better than open air at least. Or maybe just surround them with fire bricks... ?

This never gets old no matter how many times I watch it!

god that copper looks so beautiful when its being poured. love your vids

Right before you pour take a little handheld torch and heat the molds up and I think they will come out better they sure look cool when they're done don't they

These are the kinda videos you watch at 3AM when your bored. Interesting stuff lol

Awesome pour good Sir! Love em!

Greetings from Pennsylvania USA Like watching & keep up the videos!! I love when you go scraping and finding all the cool stuff. Hear in PA we have yard sales, but after the sale ends most of the left over stuff is set at the curb. and any one come pick out what you like. Also most towns have a one day a year you can set out your junk to the curb. Hang in there, and stay cool in every way!!!! Robin Jo

Well done Ben. This is an excellent skill to master, very smart.

I've never seen anyone challenge a fire to a duel before.

another cool vid Ben, thanks. Can't wait till I get around to pouring.

Nice scaled attempt, not bad for start!! No doubt you already know what you can improve upon. Most important looks like you had fun doing it. Welcome to the metal melting party.

Wow, very clean setup and nice safety precautions! Great video as usual, keep up the good work!

the bars quenching sound quite satisfying

some people get gold fever but i've got a thing for copper.

They look absolutely fabulous!😃👍

Love this kind of videos, the longer the better

I've been scrapping and casting copper/aluminum/brass/zinc/you-name-it ingots for a while now. I love molten copper. There's nothing quite like it.

Not only do people like a Copper Bar to keep but for many metal collectors its an investment also especially in the long run when prices go up , just like the stock market there is money to be made when the price is right , i call it smart investing .

Very, very cool. Personally I love the look of copper. Currently in the process getting the equipment to copper plate my bicycle and then clear coat it.

Bought the 1.44kg bar as soon as I saw it. I had to pause the vid. Great work, keep it up.

Totally agree with what youre saying on the video its not scrap melted to scrap its the time the effort the gas costs etc and the end result of course id provably use a copper ingit as a fancy paper weight or door stop but knowing that it has artistic and financial value too. Well done by the way i enjoy watching the pours.

Ben, you are truly absolutely amazing, you really really are. Brilliant! Magnificent pours and they polished up to an outstanding finish! I tip my hat to you, kind Sir!🎩

These are good for sale to small foundries. Recycling facilities pay bottom dollar for cast metals. Novelty sales to the public fetch the highest price but the real value won't exceed spot as purity can't be confirmed.

There's always someone to criticize what you enjoy doing because you like doing it your way. Keep doing what you enjoy my friend. Great job. Ontario, Canada🍻

It's f... awesome, so beautiful !!! Very good job !

Strangly mesmerizing watching your video . Like working with lava. Thanks for posting.

Why are your videos so perfect

Thank you Ben , many of us wanted to see you pouring Kilo Koppa Bars !.. Also as an option , if you want to keep bars shiny you can apply a light coat Spray Varnish Ex = Everbrite Coatings

I've been watching your channel for a while but this is the first casting one. Very nice.

Pretty nice clean ingot moulding you had made

Before I pour I always set my graphite mold inside my Foundry and let it get warm and then I use a grass burner to keep the mold hot I found it work better and I like the result

I seen a video where they were pouring gold into ingot molds,as soon as they completely filled the mold to the point it was over flowing the rim,just as the pouring was finished, another person used what looked like a large straight edged piece of stainless steel,doing a quick swipe across the top of mold,taking the overflow off and leaving a top surface that is real smooth. The gold that was scraped off the top just fell into a hopper below. Maybe you might like to try that trick on copper .BTW,.check those bricks below the grate from time to time for cracking. Heat really does a number to that type of brick.

I like your new set up love the grill on blocks

Beautiful sir! 👍

Beautiful bars thanks for sharing

Hi Ben, I'm loving your videos. I just started pouring my own copper bars. It is super fun. I've been pouring in green-sand molds. I need to get some graphite molds like yours to make it easier :-)

A great informative video, thank you posting

Great info and advice. I just bought the 10kg Devil forge. New sub, greetings from Switzerland

I know I'm super late but I just found you this is my first video and I have been looking for a really long melting stuff and I really enjoyed this video and I'm going to start catching up

you're living the dream! wish i had the equipment and copper to do that!

If you wax your bars with car wax would it stay shiny for a lot longer? Or are they better solution to stop the oxidation

Two really good pours around 30 min’s into the vid 👍

Making cold water; drop in some ice. Making hot water, drop in some ingots.

Great job of the making of the bars. Have a wonderful day.

I am a Turk from Germany and love your videos, thanks for that. :)

Nice work.

I've learned so much from you brother!!!!!!!!

„You can’t do it on a camp stove“ 😂🤣 best explanation ever 😅

would it help if you sat your molds on s lit grill (BBQ) as this would keep the molds at a more controlled heat at minimal expense?

Have seen multiple metal pours lay the molds on top of the furnace vent then take them off and they turn out good bars.

Love your videos!

Total Heat/Energy (Q) = M (mass in kg) * Cp(heat capacity in j/kgC) * DT (change in temperature degC) Cp (water) = 4200 J/kgC Cp (copper) = 385 J/kgC If you wanted to cool down a 1kg copper bar from say 1000 degC to 25 deg C or room temperature, the total heat removed from the copper bar is Q = 1*385*(1000-25) = 375,375 Joules The 375,375 Joules of energy removed from the copper bar is transferred to the water. Let's say the cold tap water is initially at 10 deg C and there is about 10 liters or 10 kg of water in the container. What is the change or increase in water temperature when you drop 1kg of hot copper in the container? 375,375 = 10*4,200*(T-10) so T = 8.9 deg C At the most the water temperature should increase by about 9 deg C for each 1 kg copper bar you drop into 10 liters of water. So two 1 kg copper bars initially at 1000 deg C should increase the water temperature by about 18 deg C. Unless you had less than 10 liters of water in the container or your cold water was a lot warmer, I cant see the water getting that hot. (the other factor is that ingot weight was a lot higher than 1 kg)

Nice bars. Good job.

How many pours from a full tank of gas Ben ?

Ben could you please recommend a furnace to melt copper wire. I would only be doing no more that 100lbs a year don't care if it is propane or electric. Thank you

Ben, if you preheat the molds, will the ingots smooth out more?

I just recently got in to pouring copper and other metals. And Electronica scrapping. When you pour your copper. How do you make it look so good?

Where can you get moulds that say copper on it and their weight? Like 1 oz fin copper for example

Would it help to sit a carbon mold on top of a pour so it won't wrinkle?? And itll heat up the mold for the next pour.

Great work 👍🏻

I love the way you pour the molten copper into the moulds then they glow orange wow so hot. Just subscribed to your channel I'm from London UK

You mention the mold was too cool, leaving pits on the bottom. Would keeping the molds over a suitable charcoal fire during the pour leave them smoother?

Yes, yet another excellent smelting video great to see & Very Informative many thanks again, as It helps a lot, any advice on the moulds only pls!

Do you use a flux or any other ingredients to prevent the copper from oxidizing

Getting ready to retire. Enjoy your input . Keep it up.

Really great info mate...

Nice vid Ben, thx

i was wondering , if you kept your molds on a small charcoal grill (hibachi), if that would help with pitting on the bottom or just not worth it?

Well Done!

Now, May I have to take a shower, great job! 😊

keep posting Love these videos!

do you need to add flux or something to absorb any non copper added to the wire?

So correct me if I'm wrong but this is my understanding. For a cheaper price, you can get factory made bars with a garunteed quality standard, all of which are pure copper and the same shape and size and weight, which I would assume People who like stacking bars would want. For some reason, I can't see a reason to buy a more expensive, hand poured bar without a quality garunteed, without a garunteed of PURE copper - there is no way of knowing what other metals are in there- and they are all different, which I would assume makes stacking hard, however I am not an ingot stacker, nor will I ever be, so I can't say. I will just say this it honestly doesn't make sense to me. Any constructive feedback will be appreciated. However I do understand that as a hobby it can be satisfying and nice to know that you created it. Either way, I love your content and you got a sub from me

I have a foundry almost identical to yours i melted some copper today was not a fail but wasn’t how i would have like. How do you have your set up? I feel i need a regulator what should i buy?

Would they cool faster if you left space between the crucibles?

another great video

Hai It was a good and useful information. I have a question the container which you used is made of which material? Would be great full if you answer me. Thanks

Genuine question.... What would happen if you put copper wire with plastic still on into the melting pot?

Hi Ben, just watching your video, you said it takes 25mins for solids to melt and 40mins for wire, I don't know if you have an issue with your furnace or regulator, but I use a home made forge and it takes 15mins for wire and 8mins for solids. For copper I use .12mpa and generally put solids in first then add wire when its melted, it takes seconds to melt wire

What size crucible are you using in the video? It looks like a 5 kg or bigger. Nice pours...

Aren't they worth more with machining smooth & stamping? Wouldn't they be smoother without water cooling?

You are the only melting you tuber I have seen that speaks in the video and doesn’t just leave text dat y I like u more :)

Great video your funny when you said you can cooks stew lol but scare me on being rough with them molds in the beginning and throwing it around to put the fire out had me rolling my looked at me like I was crazy from busting out laughing but seriously thanks for the video and the information great video glad I ran into your channel started binge watching thanks for your time

Killer looking bars, I would buy some !!!!

Do you use different melting pots for different metals

What do the people who buy the bars use them for ? Do they remelt them to pour again or cut them into slices ? Just wondering why buy a copper bar rather than buy sheet or tube for some projects.

How much does it cost in gas though to melt them down? just curious