Hello

Had a great day yesterday on a course where we had a go at casting using water, cuttlefish and delft clay. Really enjoyed it and eager to carry on experimenting, however will finally need to get a proper torch as the handheld butane ones I use for soldering just won't pack enough punch.

So I was wondering if anyone had any recommendation as to which torch/gas would be best for melting silver for casting - one thing I noticed yesterday was that a surprising amount of heat is needed to get that silver molten (surprising as I have no trouble melting things when I don't want to with my tiny torch!). We had to have 3 handheld butane/propane torches going at once to melt even a tiny amount of silver.

Also if anyone had any tips about set up that would be great - have been putting off getting a proper torch for ages as the whole gas thing terrifies me a bit, but finally need to bite the bullet.

Thanks!