Melt Metal at home - How to Make a Metal MELTING FURNACE

Ever wanted to melt metal at home? We show you how, with this metal melting furnace.
We make a mini metal melting furnace, often known as a mini foundry, and show you how to melt metal at home.

All the items you need to make the mini melting furnace (foundry) are available from eBay or your local hardware store for less than £50. The items you need a to make it are:
15Lt Steel Bucket
Plaster of Paris (5Kg)
Fine Sand (7.5 Kg)
Wire Wool (2m)
250mm Plant Pot or Bucket
1” Steel Tube (200mm long)
32mm PVC Pipe (1m Long) Optional
60mm x 60mm x 10mm U Bolts

00:00 Introduction
01:01 Building Summary (Metal Melting Furnace)
02:15 Build Montage (Lining)
03:40 Lining Summary
03:51 Air Supply (Hole)
04:16 Lid Build Summary
04:29 Build Montage (Lid)
06:05 Summary
06:29 How to Setup and Light
06:46 What Crucibles to Use
07:49 Casting/Melting Aluminium Information
08:59 Melting Aluminium Soda/Drinks Cans
09:48 Casting Summary
10:06 'Knocking Out' Castings
10:48 Metal Melting Furnace Summary

[jamastadre]

Awsome video, well timed and edited. A nice pair of long barbecue tongs work well for crucible handling, no plastic of course. I'd recommend setting out some firebrick or a cinder block to set the crucible on after removing it from the furnace. From there you can better reorient the tongs for a safer and more accurate pour. I dig your enthusiasm and style, keep it up!

[ALI-fjxf]

I love your works because you are similar to me with low mony wallet !

[sweetbeat]

Absolutely, if it don't melt steel not much good to most of us

[kendalljimsmith]

Nice demonstration, great humor! Good job for smelting on a budget!

[un_sir_qui_aime_du_rock]

beautifull music choice. I I'll save this vid fot the future, it will take about a year or more to get all the stuff I'll need, but I'll get there. Thank you for the tutorial!

[ananominity]

Put a thin plastic liner like a garbage bag or grocery bag around the pot so the plaster doesn't stick to it.

[FX_MANOR]

Can you show us how the earlier people cast iron?

Because I wonder if they only use clay for casting iron containers?

[lucdebaets]

Again a great video. Even though this one has a bit of a mad scientist level 🤣🤣🤣

[azharbaig]

You are soo talented amazing tachneck

[siddharthpurohit]

Great video, you are really making great tutorials videos dude ... Keep it up

[grimmj]

I subscribed so fast. I love your content style! Very charmimg/charismatic/quirky

[Heneling]

hoping to build this soon, great video!

[gurpreetkaur-zvnt]

I am currently making a toy tractor that is like a real one and putting a real enjen in it

[noraolivier]

is it possible to use the steel cup instead of a crucible in the furnace? maybe stupid question but i know very little

[frankmolina]

You need a proper crucible holder . The pliers are dangerous mate.

[ogulcanguler]

again great video mate thanks i love watching u r videos keep going pls

[victoriab]

most british ppl ever lol but this still helped alot

[Wolffanghurricane]

🤔a charcoal starter chimney can be used to melt metal?

[Kiteh]

can you make it with a different brand of plaster? i dont have any available plaster of paris

[DenverChiropractor]

Because of Alzheimer’s connection I would avoid melting Aluminum….