Melting aluminium at homemade easy foundry furnace and crucible
April 2, 2010 - 6:08 pm
Second video, step by step detailed description of my foundry in propane furnace, homemade steel crucible.
Duration : 0:9:6
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Second video, step by step detailed description of my foundry in propane furnace, homemade steel crucible.
Duration : 0:9:6
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April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
paying off the …
paying off the college bills with melted pop cans…..
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
I finished my …
I finished my foundry three days ago and successfully casted my first copper ingot. Go see the video, I guess, you might like it
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
@Allroundmoviemaker …
@Allroundmoviemaker many pans like that are actually cheep copper pans coated in stainless steel. They warp fairly easily, and you could burn a hole through them this way on a regular basis (if you had enough crappy pans, anyway)
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
соль, сода по вкусу …
соль, сода по вкусу или есть рекомендации по пропорциям?
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
By the way, did …
By the way, did your pan have a hole before the pouring already or the molten aluminium really “burn” through it? Cuz it looks like a pan made of stainless stell, which I thought wouldn’t melt under about 1600°C.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
What’s the cause of …
What’s the cause of using NaCl and NaHCO3? Are they good for some special reaction or so, cuz I don’t know it.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
your foundry works …
your foundry works like mine but opposite i adjust the propane not the air i will put up a video so i can show you you inspired me
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
i did this with …
i did this with coal. it works good
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
ok thanks
ok thanks
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
yes, it is used for …
yes, it is used for cooking.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
is sodium …
is sodium bicarbonate baking soda?
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
The crucible was …
The crucible was made from piese of steel tube. I cut small piese from tube for crucible bottom, flat it and weld to one end of tube.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
did you make your …
did you make your crucable? if so how or at least what materials?
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Thx bud! I didnt …
Thx bud! I didnt know you had a currency called rubles. I like that thow haha. I think it should be about 2 dollars here at 5 liters. Wont be to expensive plus my family owns a hardware store so I can get all the propane equipment I need lolz. Well Thx for all the help
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
As I can remember: …
As I can remember: I used aproximately 5 litre of liquid propane for 1 hour burning. It cost 100 russian rubles so I spend 4$ (USD) during one hour to melt 3 kg of Al. In Moscow
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
BEAUTIFUL! Thanks …
BEAUTIFUL! Thanks so much for this post! About how much did it cost for the propane to do this where you live and how much propane does it use for the 40 minutes this took to make? Thx bud and keep up the good work
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
The good idea is to …
The good idea is to add some oil to propane flow when furnace is hot. It let to use propane only for initial heating.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Hi! You are …
Hi! You are absolutely right. First I turn on blower on slow power, second I turn on propane flow, third I ignite it, and after small time I rise air flow to reach max burning efficiency.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Let me be sure I …
) lighting it, you increase the blower flow until the max is reached and you’re set. Right?
Let me be sure I understand well:
You have a blower and propane plugged in. After (boldly
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
I agree and can add …
I agree and can add: furnace funny BOOM when I lighted it after long propane flow.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Yes, it is right!
Yes, it is right!
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
man with that snow …
man with that snow and ice i was just waiting for moisture to hit the metal then BANG!!!! big time. safety first peeps. 25 years as a aluminium die caster and not a bad burn yet.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
see i put my …
see i put my aluminuim cans in before the crucible was hot plus tomato soup cans not that great of crusable for starting off.but i found my coal! second day and getting better!
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
3:17
Are you …
3:17
Are you cutting a piece into smaller pieces so it fit the crucible?
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Method of lighting …
Method of lighting the whole thing:
Style: 5
Efficiency: 5
Safety: 0