Melting Brass Scrap Into Ingots full melt. 1080p Ingot View - April 2016
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Please don't be discouraged by this video it was one of my first video editing attempts. My new vids are edited perfectly and I now take great pride in only releasing quality content so please check out my brass copper and other videos 👍🏻👍🏻
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i had a heap of small scrap brass so why not melt it into an ingot to clean it up and make it better.
I have heaps of melting videos so check them all out .
Be sure to subscribe as I will be doing heaps of melting vids.
Brass Melt Scrap into ingots • Melting Brass Scrap In...
Working my way through your back catalogue and it is so impressive how far you have grown. Melt on Brother.
I’m doing the same...lol . Can’t get enough, love it.
The first video of yours that i ever watched, god it doesn't feel like its been nearly five years since. I love everything that you've made and thank you for so many years of entertainment. Please keep up the amazing work!
your videos have changed a lot in quality over the years but the style didn't that's what i love about your channel the most.
Apk Heaven cheers buddy👍🏻
I am watching this video on December 2022, and your skills become a lot better Brow 🙂😊
It's always fascinating to see the transformation of metal. Thanks for sharing.
Really is something to binge watch these old videos and compare them to your recent ones. Good Job, Thanks #BigstackD
Yes I probably should apologise in advance if you watch any more of the older ones🤦🏻♂️
It's nice to see it's something grown. Knowing your videos now are as good as they are yet you came from what seemed like an almost basic idea of melting metal. I started watching your channel a few days after your first Nordic gold bar and have silently watched anything new coming out. It's only now during the current events in the world that I sit down and watch all the way back here. That and your giveaway 😁
Same here I am getting ready to start melting and I wanted to see you starting videos and wow you been at it for a while. Love it can't wait to start my own stacks
And here's the video where bigstack found his groove .. Love you vids man...Cheers
Still watching in 2024 😎
"Oh, nothing, just basting my ingot..."
😉👍🏻
Matey, Love you Very Much, May God bless you with more❣️
Commenting for the giveaway. On a sidenote the quality in your videos have been getting better over the years
I love your videos.
Could have swore I watched all your videos, seems to be a few that I somehow missed. Some violent reaction with that ingot lol
Brass is such a lovely color, or colour... however you want to say it!
The first fournace... It's pretty!!!
Love them KitKat bars!
Very nice bars!
Cheers mate but my newer vids show off my best bars👍🏻
More sanding and those could both be perfectly squared!
They look fantastic!
I watched another 3 in a row! :D
Cool bro just don’t go back too far into my older videos as once you see them you can’t Unsee them. You have been warned 😳🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
Day one of watching, liking, and commenting on every one of your videos
Lovely job
Thanx. I have a heap of other brass and copper melting vids on my channel if this kind of stuff interests you 👍🏻👍🏻.
Thanks for sharing
Nice bars!
Cheers bro 😁
Amazing
Loved the video buddy ... Subscribed 👍
Thanks buddy welcome aboard. I’m sure you’ll see in my latest videos my editing is 1,000,000% better😁👍🏻.
bigstackD Casting ... Just so ya know, some of us are not nearly as concerned about editing as we are about useful content ... all's good my friend 😎
That’s cool mate I can promise ya everything after this vid definitely picks up in the useful content for sure 👍🏻
Mmm, ingot stew. 😁👍. Always savory.... I'm a dork.
That’s dope
Another fine pour. Waiting for the transition to silver.
Yeah that would be cool . Ill get there eventually matey. Hopefully a rich subscriber will send me a heap to melt😆👍
@@bigstackD reading this after watching the silver coins vid 😂👍 Ya know gotta do gold now though.
you are sooo awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😬😬😬👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
A good old casting
Hey!! I like brass a lot because of its shine, i really hope to win that giveaway!!
What is that burner your using!! U have definitely come a long way!! 👌🍻
Nice
now this is my kind of ASMR, cheers!
+secretsaltshake thanks I think🤔!
What is ASMR.....sorry I'm new to this
Are this electric fournace are strong did you recommend it ? Did you break it
hello have you tried to melt aluminum cans in this electric furnace?
I thought brass was supposed to burst into flames due to zinc oxide? Ive seen it on other brass melts. Did u mix something in to prevent this or was your pass input a higher grade that contained less zinc?
I melted some brass earlier today and got some yellow powder slag. Do you know what it is? Or have you had it happen with any of your brass melting?
like almost gold :)
Yeah it looks and feels great wen it's into its finished form, checkout my other brass melts on my channel I have some great melts
No water cool down or slag cleanup?
Try putting the ingot on a cinder block and just using a hose to cool off the ingots.
That's what I do
Yeah matey sorry bout this vid it’s very old . Please check out my new videos they are 1000% better I promise you , if not you will get a full refund😁👍🏻😉
Will commenting on all 250+ vids get me a solid chance in the giveaway? I love your videos 😁😎. Ingot is my favorite pupper on the tubes!
Enjoy... cheers
Thanks mate be sure to check my other vids there a hell of a lot better than this one👍🏻
Where can I buy a small furnace like this red one ?
I can translate your video to any language in the world !
thats cool but i already have most of my vids translated to a heap of different languages 👍
i think using a smaller cooling pot would help
😂😂😂
Lucky B I was going to ask why such a small cooling dish but I guess that's all that was on hand 😂
how do you like that melting furnace? I have been looking at those on eBay.
I get a pretty much unlimited supply of brass from work. it just takes about 5 minutes of work to take a valve apart and remove the brass core. otherwise, it just goes on the steel bin, and gets turned in for nothing. so I have been bringing it home. now I need a way to Smelt it. I have been looking for a good melting furnace.
jessdigs I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered .I had this furnace about 2 years but I would definitely NOT recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 12-14 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warrantee expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done so far about 9-10 melts and no sign of corrosion and no wear on the crucible , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I got my shit together and made a gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time , I uploaded my 2nd furnace build vid just 2 days ago as gas is sooooo much cheaper and faster Plus you can just use an old can each time and throw the can out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is which is costing about $5 per melt wen doing anywhere from 3-6 kgs of brass )So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, 👍🏻also this furnace takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for well over an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours . Hope this answer helps mate👍🏻👍🏻. Any other questions just ask. Be sure to checkout my latest vids on my channel as there a lot better than this vid for sure as my editing has gotten heaps better now👍🏻
bigstackD thanks for the advice, I ended up buying a 9kg quick kiln furnace FB1SB propane fired unit. I get an almost unlimited supply of brass from work for free, it just takes a little work to get it and I get paid to do the work to get it, so I have been stockpiling brass for two years waiting to get started. do you flux your metal before casting?
+jessdigs I have never used any flux I have only skimmed the top of the molten brass then poured . I've just make all my scrap into ingots for now for future casting I haven't really done much in brass very little as you will see on my videos. I'll eventually be casting with the ingots but I have so much scrap to get through I'm gonna concentrate on that more. Just be careful because some brass contains zinc and that boils at 907°C and brass goes molten metal at around 900 to 940°. I have never had a problem Melting brass but the other day when I mixed brass with copper I had a pretty big flare up and a few people said it was the zinc burning off. I Show the little flare up on my copper/brass/aluminium mixing video but when I wasn't recording it did a pretty big flareup scared the shit out of me. I'm guessing because I mixed it with molten copper and that was at about 1100° way past where I should've had the brass. I'll be looking at boiling points and doing a bit more research before mixing other metals in the future👍🏻. Just make sure you don't have the gas bottle in a corner or somewhere boxed in so you can't get to it incase something ever happens , I keep my gas bottle well away from the furnace now and I put a length of steel angle covering my rubber gas hose near the furnace incase of an accidental splash or spill . I hope I didn't freak ya out too much. Happy Melting . Will you be uploading any of your melts .?
Brass is Copper and Zinc. Bronze is Copper and Tin. Marine Bronze adds Manganese
We’re going to need a bigger boat. I mean bucket.
I think I see why you started using ice blocks for quenching. Much easier. And it's way cooler too..... Hmm...did I just make a funny?
Nice🙂🙂🙂🙌
where did you get the furnace+crucible? seems really easy to use compared to other home made furnaces.
Hey there randy yes it does look very hassle free in the videos but as youll see in the following short story its not that good. I have had this furnace about 2 years but I probably wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 12-14 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warrantee expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done 6-7 melts and no sign of corrosion or any wear on the crucible but now unfortunately the heating coil broke again so time to order another one , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I am just getting my shit together to make a gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time I'll be uploading a vid on that in the coming weeks hopefully. Plus you can just use an old can each time and throw the can out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is).So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, also it takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours . Hope this answer helps mate👍🏻👍🏻. Any other questions just ask
+bigstackD Thanks for replying.
And yes you answer helped a lot. looking forward to the next video, and now that I am subscribed!
Could throw a nice NY strip on there while waiting for the ingots to cool?
No such thing as a nice NY Strip... Ribeye or die!!! Lol
Hey man what did heating the moulds do? Does that make it easier to get them out?
Watched some other aluminium/lead type pours and haven't seen it done there. Curious
Hey buddy I heat the mold on all my pours only because along time ago I was pouring lead into my mold and it had a bit of moisture in the mold which created a steam explosion so I assume all Molten metals could possibly have the same problem and didn't want to take the chance . I didn't get burnt luckily .
ahh well thats smart, glad you learnt from a mistake and that it didnt cost you any thing.
there is something so fun about watching these melt n pour vids.
+kamujian yes the pours are like the money shot of melting I love it!
just a question for curiosity, why did you start putting your video descriptions in spanish?
I have my videos translated to about 10 different languages matey just to get a broader spectrum of viewers
bigstackD Casting now i'm thinking about it it's a good idea, i hope you continue making these videos, you're doing a very good job 😉👌
It boiled the pan dry! Holy! XD
Where do you get a kiln like that? I work in a machine shop and it be fun to melt down brass turnings. Learn how to i should say. Thanks
I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered the links here if interested in viewing there site. www.bullionumis.com/mini-melting-furnace-black.html I have had this furnace about 2 years but I probably wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 10-11 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warranty expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done so far about 9-10 melts and no sign of corrosion and no wear on the crucible , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I made my gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time I uploaded that vid a while ago if interested in seeing the quick build. Plus if im melting aluminium i can just use an old tin each time and throw the tin out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is).So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, also it takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours .
If you look at my newer vids youll see the cool Devil-Forge im now using.
at 4:16 you can see the water go into the mold and it shapes into spheres and jump around
ray martorell good eye mate I never even noticed that b4 ,thanx 4 watching buddy 👍🏻🍻
do you have a link or know the name of that melting furnace
Thebw88 the link is www.bullionumis.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Furnace+
I left a very detailed description in a comment below about why I'm not a big fan of this furnace . Be sure to read it as its goes into great detail👍🏻 be sure to check my other melting vids as they get a lot better. Thanx for watching.
Is there a purpose to cooling them with water other than cooling them down quicker?
+Clayton Realist honestly mate I don't know. Some people say it makes the metal brittle but I personally have never noticed in the hundreds of ingots I've made. People use oil as well to quench but again I've seen no difference . Be sure to check my other new videos I've come along way in a year with my editing and this one was very painful to watch I know👍🏻😉. If you're not interested that's cool thanks for watching and take care my friend.
bigstackD I already do watch your videos bud. Good stuff and strangely mesmerizing. My foundry should be done very soon. Thanks.
We're did you get that oven that you used
hey Jonah I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered the links here if interested in viewing there site. www.bullionumis.com/mini-melting-furnace-black.html
1 was it clean or dirty brass?
2 will your scrap yard accept ingots or was this for your own use?
thx
angryadrien it was dirty Brass mate. My local scrapyard won't except my ingots as they say there is no way to know what's in it without having a XRF alloy analyser gun or something similar to check the composition . Either way if you see my latest videos you notice I keep all my ingots as I am slowly getting into casting . I just melt down all my scrap to remove the impurities for a cleaner casting for future projects. Thanks for watching my friend be sure to check my newer vids I assure you thet are a lot more interesting👍🏻😉
This is probably a noob question... but is the metal more valuable in the form of ingot than as the loose scrap?
No mate that's actually a good question , in short the answer is yes . With the ingots there value should be at the high end of scrap prices at the time of selling but surprisingly there are quite a lot of scrap yards who wont even look at buying the ingots as there is no way of them knowing what is actually in them. Most scrap yards will not be equipped to analyse metal composition but some might actually have a XRF gun to test the ingots to get a read out of exactly whats in them. Those guns can run well up over 10k so I'm assuming they'll be pretty accurate. A better option would be to cut out the middle man and if possible go straight to the end user like a foundry or refinery as they'll give you the best price available. This is definitely not worth you time and effort to make ingots if your in it purely for profit as most of the fuel and time used would eat intoyou profits a lot. But having said that ill still make Ingots and just stack em up as they'll last forever and they look and feel great. Thanks for watching and if you are interested in these types of vids check my channel I have heaps simular to this.
+bigstackD melting is so fun xD
How can you tell which is bronze and which is brass? They look pretty much the same.
mich65ek2 personally I can't tell the difference . I just melt it all together, as far as I know copper and tin makes bronze. and copper and zinc makes brass but to me it all looks the same. I just call it brass as it looks to me to be brass but without a metal analyser gun I'll probably never know. If I took my ingots to a foundary or scrap yard that have one of those guns they could tell me exactly . Thanx for watching buddy be sure to subscribe 👍🏻🍻.
I carry about 10 pounds of brass all day long.
LOL...very few can read my comment correctly. If i had an award, you'd get it...
Do you sell real-estate for Glengarry Glen Ross?
+shades2 nope not me if I was into
real-estate ide be filthy rich😬and could afford some better tools😉
where can i get equipment to for melting stuff
worddunlap an instrument?
are these eclectic ones any good im thinking of buying one to make silver bars how long do they last
No no no don’t buy an electric one!!
I can’t tell you why right now a
But we will talk soon my friend
I had this furnace about 2 years but I probably wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 10-11 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warrantee expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done so far about 9-10 melts and no sign of corrosion and no wear on the crucible , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I made my gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time I uploaded that vid a while ago if interested in seeing the quick build. Plus if im melting aluminium i can just use an old can each time and throw the can out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is).So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, also it takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours .
oh I think il sack that idea off then Im just after something to melt silver bars as a hobby I might see if I can get a small gas one the big ones sound quite loud and im in a row of houses that are very close so I don't want to piss anyone off haha thank you for the info its saved me a headache by the sounds of it :)
No worries matey, this was just my experience so who knows I might have just got a bad egg but then again they could all be like that🤷🏻♂️. Although if your in a row of houses close then maybe something similar is the way to go as they are extremely quiet. How big of bars do you wana make? Maybe 2 handheld butane torches will work if the bars are only small? I say 2 as 1 is a struggle to melt over 900°C but 2 should easily do it👍🏻but still that depends on the size of the bar 😉
at the most would be a 1 kg bar I buy a lot of scrap silver but storing it is a bit of a pain so I'm thinking bars are much easier. I'm going to spend a bit of time looking into some gas ones as I thought the electric one would be melt it pour it then repeat
What do you do with your brass?
Hey buddy I just keep the brass in a pile at home for now . As it's just a bit of a hobby I'm not to concerned about taking to scrap yard. It's a bit of a waste of time and money melting this stuff but I just love it 👍🏻👍🏻. Check out my channel if you like this type of stuff and Thanx for watching .
What furnace are you using to melt your brass?
I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered the links here if interested in viewing there site. www.bullionumis.com/mini-melting-furnace-black.html I have had this furnace about 2 years but I probably wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 12-14 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warrantee expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done so far about 9-10 melts and no sign of corrosion and no wear on the crucible , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I made my gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time I uploaded that vid a while ago if interested in seeing the quick build. Plus if im melting aluminium i can just use an old can each time and throw the can out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is).So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, also it takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours .
bigstackD Casting ok, that you so much!
back to melting and less spiders?
where did you get the furnace
hey nic I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered the links here if interested in viewing there site. www.bullionumis.com/mini-melting-furnace-black.html
What are you going to do with that bar? Isnt it as scrap as it was before melting?
Yeah mate it's still scrap but now it'll bring in $1 or $2 a kilo more than before depending on the scrap yard I take it to. At the moment I will just keep all my ingots as there not really worth me selling them as I don't have too many yet ,plus they look great👍🏻. Thanks for watching. if you are interested in this stuff check my other vids I have heaps. 
+bigstackD the electric and propane is going to take the profits of it
Kiwifruit9 yes I'm definitely loosing money by melting all my scrap but I just love the ingot look and feel.
You should try making your own brass with copper and zinc
+joe garrow yeah I only have the tiniest bit of zinc from some coins I melted but apparently my mate does metal detecting and he reckons he found a massive block of zinc and said I can have it so when I get it I'll probably be putting that on the list to make some cool alloys I recon👍🏻
bigstackD that would be cool BTW I think I am gonna be making a propane burner soon
Cool mate . Remember safety first
Why did you heat your moldes?
I like to get every bit of Moisture out of the molds so I always heat them up heaps. I used to cast a lot of lead and one time there was just the tiniest spec of water in the mold and wen the lead hit the tiny drop of water it created a steam explosion and the molten lead blew out everywhere ,I was very lucky not to get hit so now while dealing with temps 2-3 times hotter than lead I take no chances. Thanks for watching Jim .
I wish it was gold
Hell yeah ide be rich as shit if it was💰💰💰
Hey mate what temp are you using
Without rewatching I would probably have it set at around 950°c
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That wood has a smoking problem...
Yes it certainly does have a smoking problem 👍🏻. I’m sure you amazed with such a quick reply🤣
@@bigstackD LMAO
Hey Citizen Kane it doesn’t always take me three years
what kind of foundry is that??
Matey this is a 3kg electric furnace I started my first melts with. I’m so glad I moved on to gas as this thing kept breaking down all the time I needed parts replacing on it constantly 👍🏻
hi
12 done
How many KWh electricity does that cost?
hey buddy i actually worked that out when i bought this furnace and its pretty close to $0.56 an hour to run and it normally takes about 2-2.5 hours to do a normal melt. Be sure to check my other vids mate if this stuff interests ya I assure you the editing is a lot better than this particular vid as this was 1 of my first ones I ever uploaded .If not that's cool bro have a good one;) thanks for watching matey.
Uhm i have question why u warm up the mold (uhm what is called it duh)
+vicoshel I always heat up my molds before pouring into them as it can be dangerous with any moisture in them if you pour molten metal onto a droplet of water it can turn to steam instantly causing a small steam explosion and send molten metal everywhere
bigstackD thx for information but sorry about my English so bad many people get confused about what i say lol 😭
vicoshel It's all good my friend . be sure to check out my latest videos they are alot better and the editing is really good and thanks for watching
bigstackD okay alleady see the video
What do you do with Ingot's
Hey buddy , all the ingots I make I just keep them together in a little ingot pile in my garage , there worth to me as a momento more than their value at a scrap yard . I've got around 200kgs of copper and about 40-50kgs of brass that I'll eventually melt down but my damn electric furnace keeps breaking 😡😡
Once I get my gas furnace finished I'll be releasing as many vids as I can and just keep piling up the ingots👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. Maybe one day I'll cash em in at the scrap yard but for now and the near future I'll just keep em cause they look and feel great👍🏻.
I do copper, Nickel ,silver,lead just waiting for prices to go up
waterchildtera You should check out my BigStack now buddy if you’re still around after two years😉.
If your doing But Plugs can I get one?
No, you're probably underage
Lucky you didnt crack your molds with the water splatter. Use old cast iron dutch oven. Bigger.
yeah she was pretty close thats for sure.
Put molds on mesh stand. No smoke
Clear News yeah I use fire bricks now but I only liked using wood so people could get an idea of just how hot the molds get👍🏻
what r the things at 1:23 made of?
Hey there buddy they are made of Graphite . From eBay $10-$20 each
thanks
How to remove Impurities from the molten metal!
Ummm.. How can you easily take out the ingot frim the mold? , it always stuck inside... 😓
Hey buddy the molds were designed exactly for this purpose I got them off eBay Once the metal goes hard it shrinks the tiniest bit allowing it to easily fall from the mold😁👍🏻
How much did u used to buy this furnace?
I got this furnace from an Australian company 'Bullionumis Australia for $495 delivered the links here if interested in viewing there site. www.bullionumis.com/mini-melting-furnace-black.html I have had this furnace about 2 years but I probably wouldn't recommend it for the following reasons , the crucible that comes with it and the only ones that'll fit the furnace if your melting brass or copper only really lasts about 5-6 melts b4 they need replacing at about $25-$30 each. The crucibles are made of graphite but the impurities and stuff that's in and on the metal your melting will slowly break the crucible down and make it thin ,pitted and brittle so I was replacing mine every 5-6 melts as I didn't want the crucible to fail while in the furnace as that would be unfixable. Also I'm on my 4th heating coil as they will often break and stop working they cost $45 AUS each. The manufacturer told me they should last 30-40 melts but I'm around probably 10-11 melts myself. Not much I could do about it as most of these problems came to light after the year warrantee expired. I got my friend to machine me up a steel pouring crucible and it works awesome as I done so far about 9-10 melts and no sign of corrosion and no wear on the crucible , even though they say the furnace will melt copper and brass I'm guessing there designed mainly for gold and silver as there would be a lot Less impurities in them metals from the get go.After the continuous dramas I have with this furnace I made my gas furnace as I'll be able to use a larger crucible and melt more at a time I uploaded that vid a while ago if interested in seeing the quick build. Plus if im melting aluminium i can just use an old can each time and throw the can out after each pour at 0 cost (apart from the gas that is).So no more buying heating coils or crucibles to buy, also it takes a lot of power with each melt as the furnace is on flatout for an hour at a time then you need to let it cool down before another melt and that takes hours .
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Yeah I have heaps of people ask me about this so I just wrote up a big story about it to voice my opinion then I just copy/paste 🤘🏻😁
What is the optimal pour temp?
Pouring brass about 950°C. I don’t want to overheat the brass as the zinc will boil off and create zinc oxides that’s the stuff you see floating around from the brass that looks like cotton.
Copper and aluminium bronze I’d like to pour at least 50°C over there melting point minimum so that it will pour like water👍🏻
Thank you for the reply. Most helpful.
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+楊承和 nah I bloody wish . It's just a nice clean brass Ingot .
I still don't get it. Why do we need to make ingots first instead of just directly casting from scrap brass?
David Ericson Del Rosario hey buddy you can cast straight from scrap brass every time if you want it doesn't really matter, I choose to make Ingots as I just wanted to get all my scrap out the way and I didn't really have any casting ideas. The good thing about making ingots is you can make the metal have a lot less impurities and it makes for a better cleaner casting . But like I said you can cast straight from scrap and get a really good casting aswell it's really just personal preference. Anyway matey thank for watching and be sure to check my other vids .
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This is late but try sanding the bars!
I still have all my Ingots in a pile so your suggestion might be worth looking into. Thanks for watching :)
Omg, so many videos where they don't get rid of impurities it takes like 40 seconds, and you get way better casting metal.
Yeah mate my vids scream amateur . People who know What there doing say to me how painful it is to watch a lot of my videos.
My pours will improve in time👍🏻.?
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you would have gotten better results if you used fluxes and scrubbers when smelting to get those impurities out
yeah your right Michael for sure. Do you have any suggestions for cheap readily available Fluxes/scrubbers I can use once my furnace is up and running ? as you can see in all my vids I'm just starting out.
Bux borax, great flux. Or old timers use saw dust lol
Para that's what I was going to suggest! borax works great
why did you record half in portrait and half in landscape..WTF
Yeah I fkd that up it's all over the place I didn't even realise until I went back and viewed it. If you see any of my latest videos you'll see I'm getn my shit together in that area👍🏻.
I think you would get a much better finish on your copper & brass ingots if you made or bought a torch that would produce a soft flame that blanketed your mold and poured your liquid metal under such a flame. Check out how this guy does it. th-cam.com/video/bEGkoTc17Zw/w-d-xo.html It's for exactly the same reason: Both copper and silver absorb oxygen particularly when crossing their plastic zones going from liquid and then freezing. Copper acquires that black scabby look when it solidifies in air. I am not sure you could get a big enough flame for your ten pounders using home-delivered natural gas which is typically delivered at pretty low pressure...but I assume you are using propane to fire your main furnace. Something like this, but regulate the feed pressure way down so you get a soft flame, not a blast. th-cam.com/video/77MVf3zB2wE/w-d-xo.html
Cheers mate yeah i really do need to have something like that it would also help with the lines in my ingots but most of my future vids will probably be casting ones although there will be some cool ingot vids too. Maybe in the future ill finally get a bit more professional time will tell my friend😉👍
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