Milling Your Scrap is an easy, economical, and environmentally friendly way to reduce, reuse, and recycle all of your old cut-offs, leftovers, and abandoned projects. 
 
Participants will learn how to melt down their silver scrap to create sheet and wire ingots. The first part of the workshop will focus on carving a useable ingot mold out of a charcoal block. Next, participants will have a chance to melt and pour their own ingots using those molds. 
 
Everyone will learn how to shape and draw down the wire ingots using a roll mill and draw plate to create a length of wire in the gauge of their choice. Then, they will use a roll mill to shape a sheet of silver into the gauge of their choice. 
 
By the end of class participants will have plenty of practice using a crucible and ingot mold to melt and form silver as well as using the roll mill, a draw plate, and gauge finder. 
 
Bring your metalsmithing toolbox including the following: 
1oz or more Silver scrap (sterling preferred, some fine silver okay—avoid using Argentium and separate it out of your scraps, if possible)
wire cutters
Jeweler’s saw frame, 2/0 blades, beeswax
Sandpaper/sanding sticks in 220, 320, 400, and 600 grit
Half-Round Habilis file, cut #00
Needle file set, cut 0 (used to carve ingot molds–recommend buying a cheap set HERE rather than using your higher quality metal files)
1 or more Charcoal soldering blocks (soft or compressed, 5.5x2" or larger)
Eye protection
N95 face mask and apron 
(Optional) Diamond bur set
(Optional) Abrasive wheels (1 set) and Mandrels
(Optional) Didymium safety glasses
 
6 Contact Hours