Waste of time, takes a lot of cans and a lot of slag to make an ingot. Then it's the softest aluminum you can get, not suitable for machining. I get old bike parts from a shop and make great machinable ingots
@@meltingipswich i saw a video of this guy melting cans using a forge but the lis was a cone shape that spiraled in his crucible. He was able to put many cans in the cone and while the cans fell into the crucible , the others were being preheated. It looked very efficient.
Do you tally how much gas you’re using? Subtract that from your yield value and I bet you are barely breaking even. Don’t get me wrong it’s a cool hobby, but it seems unlikely you are going to break the bank smelting pop cans
Hi there I don’t pay for gas but if I did as you say it would not be worth it but on the other hand everyone’s hobby normally cost money rather than make money. It’s something I really enjoy doing. Thank you for watching 👍
Great video mate , some nice bars , what size moulds are those your using ?
Hi there. Thank you. The mould size is 7.1”x3.94”x1.97”
that was a unique cool down on those ingots they took time to get through the wax
Yeah I think I let them cool a little to long 👍
Just plain water would have been quicker but not as fun to watch except for the hot wax spitting everywhere
Gud vid, love stuff that melts. 💯💪
Thank you 👍
That went awesome in comparison to my melt brother awesome catch up with you in the next episode
Thanks mate I’ll give you melt a watch in a bit I haven’t had a chance just yet 👍
Do you wash the cans out before you melt them Bro ? or don"t it Matter
It don’t matter but I rinse every can as they go mouldy if you don’t
Waste of time, takes a lot of cans and a lot of slag to make an ingot. Then it's the softest aluminum you can get, not suitable for machining. I get old bike parts from a shop and make great machinable ingots
Ok that’s great for what you want to do. And this is great for what I want to do with it.
Thank you for watching 👍
In my experience melting aluminum i find melting can is the least interesting and the least profitable . Still it is relaxing.
Yeah but I can’t turn them around or even throw them away I have a lot more cans to melt around 3000cans
Thanks for watching
@@meltingipswich i saw a video of this guy melting cans using a forge but the lis was a cone shape that spiraled in his crucible. He was able to put many cans in the cone and while the cans fell into the crucible , the others were being preheated. It looked very efficient.
@@mattyal9347 that’s a good idea
@@meltingipswich well if you're melting that many cans then it may be worth a place on your to do list
The wax didn't catch fire. How odd.
Yeah I think I let them cool a lot to long but it was still satisfying to watch 😂
I have a few thousand cans here that I am going to weigh in for the Air Ambulance soon. 😎 👍🚁
Nice little good deed good for you hope you get a good price for them 👍
@@meltingipswich40,000 cans is £250.00
@@RJM1011 wow 🤩
Do you tally how much gas you’re using? Subtract that from your yield value and I bet you are barely breaking even. Don’t get me wrong it’s a cool hobby, but it seems unlikely you are going to break the bank smelting pop cans
Hi there I don’t pay for gas but if I did as you say it would not be worth it but on the other hand everyone’s hobby normally cost money rather than make money. It’s something I really enjoy doing. Thank you for watching 👍