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| vtsteam:
Groan.... |
| NeoTech:
hehe, vtsteam i thought you already figured it out that im not really taking any suggestions for granted and try stuff out until i get it to work.. nothing to groan about. =) |
| MetalCaster:
I have seen a lot of suggestions from a lot of folks about melting and pouring metal. Some of it is good information, some of it is bad information, some of it is good information that is not applicable to me, and some of it is true in some sense but totally misleading in a more grand sense. Sometimes I use a bad suggestion twisted around in a different format to create a better application. I use some ideas from pretty much everyone. There is much to be gained from reading all of the casting posts that are available, regardless of the method. |
| NeoTech:
Well, knowledge doesnt weigh anything.. Its just impractical for some people to experiment i guess. I ventured into this mostly cuz its cool to melt metal . I dont really have any final purpose with it more than the fact that i can make my own billets. =) |
| MetalCaster:
I like to experiment a bit, but that can get very expensive very fast, and my wife informs me that I waste plenty of money even before I start experimenting. I would really like to have a mini induction furnace and some small crucibles (about a 1 cup size), so that I could experiment on a small scale without having to fire up the big furnace. You could theoretically operate an induction furnace indoors, if the fumes did not get you. With a mini-setup, you could try lots of configurations in a very short amount of time. I looked at induction furnaces, but it is too much money for too little melting ability. You really need a 3-phase power supply for a decent sized induction furnace, and a pocket full of money too. An oil burner is a poor man's induction furnace. Edit: And there is something magical about red hot molten meltal pouring out of a crucible (unless you spill it down inside your shoe, then the magic is gone). |
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