Post by phoenix1967 on Feb 20, 2009 9:33:09 GMT -5
First of all, I wanna say this is DANGEROUS.
hot metal can fall, and maybe burn you. MOLTEN metal will chase you down the street and burn everything!
Anyway, standard disclaimer applies.
I had some time on my hands, waiting for the finishes on the knives to harden, so I decided to recycle some brass bits and cuttoffs that I had been saving up.
I took the rim off the chevy rim forge, and inserted my trash can furnace. this allows me to use one air source for a coupla different thingy's.
I put some charcoal and pine needles in to start it up, light it, and turn on the fan
once it's burning, I put my custom made high dollar crucible in it
and fill it with charcoal (the furnace silly, not the crucible!)
put on the lid, and wait till the crucible starts glowing
IMPORTANT
NEVER put anything wet in the crucible full of molten metal! water expands to 17 times it's volume when turned to steam! This will cause a molten metal shower that you really do not want to take.
Anyway, at this point I load the crucible with my brass scraps and wait till it melts.
(Not shown) I remove the lid with welders gloves, and use my highly technical lifting/pouring tongs (Channel locks) to remove the crucible.
I then pour it into my high priced cast iron ingot mold (a machine cover I scrounged) on the bottom of the pic
When doing more than one melt, I leave a little bit in the crucible to help start the next melt.
There ya go, three ingots of brass, roughly 3/8 inch thick.
When you are done, make sure you have a place to pour the excess
Do not breathe the fumes if you can avoid it, some brass contains lead.
I'm currently making a metal cutting Lathe from beer cans, here's the material I have stocked up so far
I'll keep ya updated on THAT project in the future
hot metal can fall, and maybe burn you. MOLTEN metal will chase you down the street and burn everything!
Anyway, standard disclaimer applies.
I had some time on my hands, waiting for the finishes on the knives to harden, so I decided to recycle some brass bits and cuttoffs that I had been saving up.
I took the rim off the chevy rim forge, and inserted my trash can furnace. this allows me to use one air source for a coupla different thingy's.
I put some charcoal and pine needles in to start it up, light it, and turn on the fan
once it's burning, I put my custom made high dollar crucible in it
and fill it with charcoal (the furnace silly, not the crucible!)
put on the lid, and wait till the crucible starts glowing
IMPORTANT
NEVER put anything wet in the crucible full of molten metal! water expands to 17 times it's volume when turned to steam! This will cause a molten metal shower that you really do not want to take.
Anyway, at this point I load the crucible with my brass scraps and wait till it melts.
(Not shown) I remove the lid with welders gloves, and use my highly technical lifting/pouring tongs (Channel locks) to remove the crucible.
I then pour it into my high priced cast iron ingot mold (a machine cover I scrounged) on the bottom of the pic
When doing more than one melt, I leave a little bit in the crucible to help start the next melt.
There ya go, three ingots of brass, roughly 3/8 inch thick.
When you are done, make sure you have a place to pour the excess
Do not breathe the fumes if you can avoid it, some brass contains lead.
I'm currently making a metal cutting Lathe from beer cans, here's the material I have stocked up so far
I'll keep ya updated on THAT project in the future