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Offline ironman

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Propane furnace and induction furnace
« on: July 17, 2012, 12:31:46 AM »
Here are two videos I made of a friends furnaces and casting methods.....













(Hope this is ok, Ironman..... David).
« Last Edit: July 17, 2012, 04:01:46 AM by Stilldrillin »

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 03:35:51 AM »
Any more info on the homemade induction furnace? 

[Could you embed your Youtube links in your posts rather than putting in a link to them? ]

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 08:35:16 PM »
I did not build the induction furnace so I do not have any infomation on it. If you take the cover of a computor power supply it works in the same way as the  induction furnace works, they can be very complex. I had a go at embedding the videos but It did not work. I'm not very good with computors so I will stick with what I know that works

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 04:32:00 AM »
I did not build the induction furnace so I do not have any infomation on it. If you take the cover of a computor power supply it works in the same way as the  induction furnace works, they can be very complex. I had a go at embedding the videos but It did not work. I'm not very good with computors so I will stick with what I know that works

Ironman,
Don't worry about embedding........ Do yer best, until you get it!  :med:

One of the Mods will tidy up, if necessary.  :thumbup:

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Still drilling holes... Sometimes, in the right place!

Still modifying bits of metal... Occasionally, making an improvement!

Offline kd0afk

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2012, 12:48:28 AM »
What is the cost of using an induction furnace like this to melt iron or steel? I would like to be able to cast my own parts and this seems the way to go.

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 07:48:54 AM »
What was he casting in the 2nd vid - some kind of ornamental seat?

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Re: Propane furnace and induction furnace
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2012, 07:59:36 AM »
Would guess it was a tractor seat.