Coin mokumegane in kiln?

[Tenebr0s]

I’ve been having fun lately making mokumegane from quarters. So far, I have just been doing it in my forge and relying on visual queues to know when it’s at the right temperature. If I wanted to do this in my kiln, does anyone know what temperature would be best for quarters?

 

[12345678910]

I'd use nickles, more bang for your buck

 

[Tenebr0s]

I'd use nickles, more bang for your buck

I’m pretty sure nickels are homogenous cupronickel, unlike quarters which are a copper center with a delicious cupronickel candy shell

 

[3fifty7]

Can’t help with the temp, I’ve made a few stacks in my forge. Have you done any patterns or just layers ?

 

[DevinT]

I’m pretty sure nickels are homogenous cupronickel, unlike quarters which are a copper center with a delicious cupronickel candy shell

Count said a funny

Hoss

 

[DevinT]

As for the temperature, I think 1650f would be a good starting point. Even better would be to see where one melts and then back off 100’f.

Hoss

 

[Storm W]

I made a stack with nickels staked into it mixed in with the quarters and it gave a cool pattern. You could use the nickels with plane copper or even smash them for a larger piece.