Melting Zinc - Zinc Ingots - Devil Forge - Metal Melting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- Today I will melt some found zinc roofing material into ingots. I did however forget something ;) T
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Disclaimer: Please be aware that working with hot liquid metals is very dangerous! Do not try this at home if you do not exactly know what you do. I have done a lot of preparation and informed myself before I did my first pour.
If you do so, make sure to wear proper personal protection gear like a full face shield, a respirator, a dusk mask, fire retarding clothing or a leather apron, good protective and heat resistant gloves and leather boots. Make sure to work safe and use proper foundry tools.
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Nice, shiny zinc! Thanks so much for doing this!
Thanks! You and some others asked for it, so I just had to do it :)
@@Metalstacker Thank you so much! ❤
I would suggest going to a thrift shop and getting a couple old spoons with smaller bowls, and as long a handle as you can get. In the U.S., spoons made for iced tea could work. It would be easier to remove the dross that the big spoon was not able to get.
I know exactly what you mean :) The current spoon is also from a thrift shop :) Yeah a smaller spoon would defenitely fit in the smaller crucibles :)
Thanks. I too had a over heated zinc Thursday. My furnace popped when I was melting some scrap into nickel brass
Yeah when it starts to form that yellow stuff it is already too late LOL. Oh my, that must have scared you there :) I would love to have some nickel on day! Too expensive for me right now :) It is 2,5 times the copper value :)
@@Metalstacker I used plated silver spoons that are 20% nickel, then added tin and copper to bring the percentage down to 8% nickel and 8% tin
New sub, one thing I like to do that I’d recommend is taking a wire brush to the lip all around crucible so nothing is loose falling into molds. Also go much lighter on pressure and keep lid open. Zinc should never smoke and you have tons of time to work with it when liquid. Good luck will be waiting for new video!
Thanks for the tips and thanks for the support! Much appreciated :)
Fun to see a Dutchie at the casting table 👍🏻 Just found your channel and enjoying it already! Groetjes uit Den Haag 😄
Fijn om te horen! Elke week een video :) Groeten vanuit Den Helder :)
Nice pile of ingots! Very shiny, I like melting zinc, good quality silicone will hold up to the heat of molten zinc so you can make some fun items from it. just don't get it to far over the melting point of 420C.
Use your laser thermometer next time to check it doesn't go over 700C to avoid the yellow stuff to form, I don't put the lid on when melting zinc, I also never had it be so brittle, I think there may have been some alloy there.
Thanks Ralph! It could be there was some other stuff in it. I might try to cast some nice stuff with it one day as it is waay to much to make nordic gold and casting brass with all of it :)
💥Boom! Another great video. Shiny, shiny, shiny. 👍👏👏
Thank Joe! Some bigger bars coming up tomorrow :)
I need this furnace, tongs and other tools required to melt and form zinc blocks. It's my project to make zinc anodes for marine vessels.
There are a lot of informative video's on TH-cam and my channel to help you out. If you have some questions, feel free to ask 😄🔥🔥🔥
nice melt my friend. Zinc is cool, just lower your gauge to about .7mpa and keep the lid open, will help it from getting to hot. I am wondering if there was some other metal in with your zinc, seemed a little brittle, don't remember the large batch of zinc I melted a while back being that brittle, as I tried to break an ingot open and had difficulty getting it to break.
Thanks buddy! Yeah I will shut off the propane earlier next time, had it under control for quiet a while, but that last batch went too hot as I was trying to get the previous poured ingots out of the moulds. Yeah it is quiet brittle... I always thought zinc was a very bendable material :)
zinc, all that nice yellow "stuff".... oh and on a positive note, finally getting back to the cnc later today! As I was watching, was wondering when it was going to get to that "too hot stage", had that problem last time myself.
LOL yeah, had it under control for the first pours, but that last batch was very nasty! Next time I will shut off the propane earlier. Good to hear! Looking forward with what you come up with :) Thanks buddy!
Little bit of something else in that I think. Lovely video
Who knows, all the zinc I melt is free zinc I find :)
Can you prevent the bars from breaking by stamping them on the side or end instead of the flat face?
The sides of most of them where too small, but it might prevent them from breaking. Ah well, I will just remelt them and pour it into a big bar, or weigh the pieces and and them with another metal :)
@@Metalstackerdo you know why they are breaking?
It must have something to do with the structure and maybe zinc needs to be made into an alloy?
I don't think I've ever melted zinc by itself before. It is a nice looking metal though.
Thanks! Yeah it is a nice metal, but the most I like about it is used in so much alloys, always happy to melt some base metals :)
Hi can you tell me what grade/spec the filters in your respirator are please. Thanks
Hi there, I use ABEK-1 filters, hope this helps :)
Zinc is nice ain’t it. good video keep up the good work 👍
It really melts easy and I can use is to make new alloys :)
How do you tell zinc from alu ??
You can clearly see it by color and weight ofcourse, but initial I spot zinc from the color, it tends to be a lot darker ont he weather exposed side :)
What is that worth like 50cents. Not sure why you put those in a safe. They are pretty much worthless all base metals. It costs you more and time to make and stamp them and when you go to resell them it would cost you fees and waiting time to resell. If you sell to scrap yard you will never get the spot price and the yard will tell you they don't trust what's inside the bars they would have to cut them open to make sure they are 999. So what's the point?
Zinc is currently valued at EUR 2,80 a kilogram. Are you sure all base metals are worthless? Copper is valued at EUR 9,80 right now! Not to talk about Nickel wich is worth EUR 17,20 per kilo! If I would sell some metals, I would defenitely not sell to a scrapyard :) Like you said, they will pay under spot price. If I would sell I would sell privately or to a local bullion dealer in great quantities. But for now I do not sell. Copper mines are closing and copper is still being used widely in all kinds of materials. I would never have thought copper to reach this current price, but I think it will defenitely get more value. Why the safe? It is a fun thing to do as I got that safe for nothing, it is just for the channel :) But eventually my goal is to stack that safe totally full with only copper. That must be an amazing sight. I estimate there will fit at least 500 kilograms of copper in it, maybe 600 kilograms. Multiply that by 10 and a safe comes in handy :) Thanks for watching my friend!
Awesome bro good luck on the copper stack looking forward to seeing it 👍
If scrap yards don't trust ingots then would they trust granules?
Granules are easy to make by heating the metal and dripping it directly into water.
Nice! like your video's
Bedankt!
Wat smelt dat zink toch lekker makkelijk. Ik heb ook nog een partij liggen, binnenkort maar even comprimeren.
Ja net als lood! Heerlijk zuinig om te smelten haha. Doe je goed!, in baarvorm bergt het toch makkelijker op haha :)
What is it that you are scooping out during the melt?
That is the dross or slag.
In short, some impurities float to the top when melting.
So it's a good idea to take out these impurities to obtain purer metal.
Some flux can be used to obtain more of the pure metal during the melt or the dross can be binned to be processed later for leftover metal.
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That looks like you had a great melting session. Its a shame that so many bars broke but, that's a part of the game. Where are you from? My wife likes your accent lol
Always like to melt some metals :) Yeah it might be there is some other metal i the bars that make them brittle :P I'm from the Netherlands :) So doing my best to speak English (A language I really like :)) Lucky for your wife I always talk then :) Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy!
@@Metalstacker your English is very good! We have no trouble understanding you. Keep sharing your videos please! I'm just getting starting with melting metals. I have a 10kg Devil Forge and a bunch of tools and accessories. I'm working on getting suitable safety gear. I hope to do my first melt next week. Your videos are entertaining and informative!!!
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Was that gutters?
looks like flashing
Not gutters, this was the stuff that is at the edge of a roof :)
Flashing? Sorry I'm Dutch, it is the stuff that is on the edge of a roof, not gutters but the real edge of a roof :)
@@Metalstacker yeah thats what we call it in the states. flashing is like a metal guard that wraps around the corner/edge of the roof, to prevent water from creeping up under the shingles.
@@StreetMachine18 Thanks! Yeah that's it right on!
maybe the bars broke because they are not cold enough
They are totally cooled down, it might be there is some other metal included in it :(
@@Metalstacker Definitely the structure.
See how the bar looks at the breaking point.
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