Vevor Melting Furnace: Review Setup and Tips - Is it Worth Buying?

With many different manufacturers of melting furnace kilns, how to choose which one to buy? I was happy to receive a review model of the Vevor melting furnace to test out and share with you, and I've been wondering as I'm sure many others have; How good is it? Given that it costs almost the same as building your own would, is it actually worth buying? Find out here!

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[TheDoItYourselfWorld]

I am just getting ready for my first aluminum melt in my Vevor 6kg furnace. I have it all put together and ready. Cant wait to get melting.

[hipyowowtop]

Opinion from a scrap yard’s perspective: Would not suggest creating personal ingots if you’re looking for profit on your scrap. You will have a tough time selling your material and likely downgrading your metal. You won’t be able to certify the metal in your ingots. Smaller yards won’t be able to verify the chemistry and although larger operations could run their tests they will likely downgrade knowing quality won’t be consistent from a garage smelter. Melting is definitely fun, would only suggest if you’re just looking to create cool content online and not looking to profit off this metal.

[speedpedals]

If the lid does burn out at the opening and enlarge, I think cutting a larger hole (square for ease or round if you are up to it) and replacing it with a piece of stainless steel sheet larger than the hole with the exact same size center hole, held in place with solid steel rivets or steel bolts would end future issues. Use a slightly thicker piece of stainless steel if available. I would imagine that as the original steel erodes, the insulation will also. To cut out the patch, an electric or an air powered "zizz wheel" (cut off tool with a thin a thin abrasive disc, some people call it a "death wheel) cut off tool. Just make sure the blade is in good condition, worn evenly, etc. Thanks for posting this. I just got a notification from Vevor about their stainless steel 12KG model. It looks like the same tongs are supplied.

[lorrainemcdonald]

Always a good day when Thubprint puts out a video.

[timrockman]

You need a bimetal pyrometer to monitor temps.
Drill a hole 3/4 upper furnace hight and use an angle so the tip 4" of the thermocouple is to the side of the fiber insulation.
Use Sodium Silicate mixed with Kaolin powder as an adhesive to seal the probe hole. It makes a decent mortar also.
I built about 20 furnaces like yours that could melt 200 pounds of copper.

[adamdaley]

Nice addition to the program. Remember to preheat your molds to avoid steam explosions. And always wear a respirator please.

[jeffarto]

you need to heat the molds up as well. or the bar will have spots and cracks, and will splatter.

[sarlaccstapeworm]

Mine JUST got to my door!.... Hence me coming here to see what you had to say about it! I feel a lot more confident in the purchase now. I only paid about $120 for the EXACT same setup. With some of the projects that I have in mind to do, I feel like it was money well spent now. All I need now is another pair of tongs, maybe a couple of different sizes of crucibles, and a couple of different molds (not to mention better gloves)... Thanks for the review buddy! It was really helpful! 👍

[joshp]

A full ceramic mortar coating is better, and you should always preheat your molds to prevent explosions and get a smoother cast. You can always remelt if you get a lot of holes or a bad cast

[thereaper]

Thanks for the video. Great info. Mine is in the mail along with that ceramic wool rigidizer you recommended. Keep up that good work brother.

[vevor.official]

Thank you for the great review! We’re so happy you loved your experience and can’t wait to have you back in the future.

[dpuboc]

I couldn’t believe this product could be good at the price.I am an experienced sculptor used to foundries so would be aware of the H&S precautions and would feel confident trying this out. Especially with the recent innovations in high temperature silicone moulding it’s very exciting. So personally I thank you. Anyone who is not fully aware of all the risks should invest in studying all the issues and processes involved first. This baby is not a toy and when things go wrong they go wrong big time!.

[MB-btkm]

Excited to see you start the metal stack like bigstackD!

[AndrewMcGowan-vucl]

did you temper the crucible first? slowly heat in a domestic oven to dry it out. then heat in furnace to highest temp you plan to use it at, and hold this temp for around 20 min. seems to glaze the crucible and make it last a lot longer without the flaking you saw. experiment with some casting, its great fun!

[JJROGERS]

I bought mine based on this review. They have improved the lid to keep the insulation in. But the tongs and the gloves are crap as you say. Great fun! And thanks!

[msoul]

I am glad you posted this video. I am new to this and debated making my own or possibly a purchase like the devil forge(before I saw this). I have most if not all the items needed except the batting and the burner to make. I have noticed many saying “its not worth it to melt down” or “your scrap yard may not take it” but I find my need is a little more of having large sized buckets of copper, aluminum, cast(fan motor ends) that I would like to convert to smaller stacking units.

I need more info on useable sized quality crucibles (where to get) and tongs and it would be nice if anywhere had a forum where discussion on the topic could be accessible.

Thanks again👍🏽

[theodorelueker]

I look forward to seeing you out in a dumpster and find something you want to melt then run home as fast as you can strip down what ever it is you are melting and get the melting process started later experiment with different molds. This will be a cool addition to your channel.

[joshtomlinson]

Yes!! I have this same exact one, and it is awesome. It'll turn silver into liquid in 10 mins or less.

[TheUltimateRecycler]

Nice review Thub! At least you'll be able to keep your shed warm now! 😉😊

[JoshBeq]

I got the exact same Furnace and love it. Meets all expectations for my first one.