Diy Electric Melting Furnace

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Diy electric melting furnace.

Materials steel bucket with lid would be preferred and it works best with a 10 quart but i couldn t find one and made a 6 gallon. Click on the image to go to the kanthal site where you can download specifications on kanthal wire and heating elements. For hobby metal melting and for science. After reading some of the comments and doing more research a simple controller to cycle the element on and off is recommended as the element is more likel.

A crucible is a metal container that you put inside of your furnace that holds the metal you re melting. Kanthal is the largest supplier of electric heating elements but there are other suppliers like i 2 r elements duralite molycom and mhi. This document describes how to build a furnace for melting metals like copper silver gold etc. Put the metal you want to melt inside the crucible and use a pair of fire tongs to set it in the middle of your furnace.

8 pounds plaster of paris possibly 12 if you do not have a lid with your bucket bag of sand normal play sand will work fine a 5 gallon bucket for mixing. I decided to make an electric furnace because it s totally silent i may use it inside my workshop i also may control temperature and i don t have to worry.