keep in mind that aluminium cans release toxic gasses when melted so make sure you wear protection and have enough ventilation when handling the material
@@M1ghtyHackobviously you're responsible for your own safety, but I would use a half face respirator with combination particulate (FFP3/N95) and organic vapour cartriges. For maximum protection you should really get a face fit test done one your respirators too.
I made one out of 2 plant pots and sand. The inner pot cracked a bit but the sand held it together long enough to get through 4 whole melts of aluminum and 1 of zinc
I would say if you're not trying to get a furnace for extreme heat u can get away with a virgin brick. But I'd say if u want a cooking furnace or house heating furnace dont use regular bricks they dry, dismantle, crumble after some.time
Use two cinder blocks and put a grove for air at the bottom of one of the inner areas then you have two separate areas to use for a foundry or a forge. Cinder blocks are like 2-3 dollars a piece and a hair dryer is like 6$ at goodwill.
The average temp needed to melt silver is around 1763 degrees F so this is not a good kiln for that, need much more power and at those temps more safety equipment and insulation.
The design is safe but doing this on grass might not be exactly good. While working with this temperatures, the air that will escape the furnace will be at very high temperatures which will easily put the grass on fire
Best example of underlying theory without overengineered solutions I have seen yet.
keep in mind that aluminium cans release toxic gasses when melted so make sure you wear protection and have enough ventilation when handling the material
Thanks god I found your comment. Was about to melt some aluminium tuna cans for fun
What type of mask would be suitable for this?
@@M1ghtyHackobviously you're responsible for your own safety, but I would use a half face respirator with combination particulate (FFP3/N95) and organic vapour cartriges. For maximum protection you should really get a face fit test done one your respirators too.
@@M1ghtyHackp100, no lower in my opinion - much safer
I know this is old but is the plaster/sand mix by volume or by weight?
I made one out of 2 steel cans, barely melted aluminium but still. Pretty damn good until it melted the steel can.
How many bricks will it take and how hot does it get for example I need melt iron will it work
I made one out of 2 plant pots and sand. The inner pot cracked a bit but the sand held it together long enough to get through 4 whole melts of aluminum and 1 of zinc
How many fire bricks are needed.?
This is the best
Hi from Kansas from Joshua Moses
Wonderful thank you
Brilliant !
What a blower
Hi, as much as this is the coolest thing, and my 11yo son would flip out with this, what do people do with the aluminum?
Can you use regular brick?
You can, just make sure you use red clay bricks
Firebricks aint cheap
Can you use regular brick instead to get couple uses out of them
Any one know?
@@ruvim54ify I won't recommend it fire bricks are highly resistant to heat
@@iglowinthedark3645: I've used them on my first setup and they worked pretty well. Didn't crack and held the heat in.
Time to upgrade to a bigger one
I would say if you're not trying to get a furnace for extreme heat u can get away with a virgin brick. But I'd say if u want a cooking furnace or house heating furnace dont use regular bricks they dry, dismantle, crumble after some.time
Use two cinder blocks and put a grove for air at the bottom of one of the inner areas then you have two separate areas to use for a foundry or a forge. Cinder blocks are like 2-3 dollars a piece and a hair dryer is like 6$ at goodwill.
Can you melt any metals using this procedure?
I gound a noce heavy duty propane burner. I wan to make a smelter with. Is it possible with using a hole in the ground and some fire bricks
Pretty cool♥♥♥
Sweet
Is it a vaccum
Does it melt gold?
Nice !!!video
Can we melt stainless steel?
Only jet fuel does that
I made one with just two cinder blocks for cheaper
Canu make a video on how to make a crucible in my country they don't sell one
How hot can this get? Maybe I missed it
I want to melt silver. Will that get hot enough for that?
If you don't know what temp is required to melt silver, you really should just run along and look for something else to play with.
The average temp needed to melt silver is around 1763 degrees F so this is not a good kiln for that, need much more power and at those temps more safety equipment and insulation.
BBQ coals could get expensive it might be a toss-up in cost if you used propane...
Dumb Question but is it safe to use this design and do this on grass?
The design is safe but doing this on grass might not be exactly good. While working with this temperatures, the air that will escape the furnace will be at very high temperatures which will easily put the grass on fire
Yea all u need is some cobblestone trippin
Did you mean fire cobblestone?
Is this capable of melting Steel