Melting copper in homebuilt Kanthal furnace

[iwuzyou]

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[MadToastable]

heey nederlander



[TheSilverGypsy]

$2.00 worth of electricity to melt 50 cents worth of copper.....ummmmm NO!

[metalkidjohn]

@TheSilverGypsy Depends on the application. A ring, not worth it. Solar cells? Starting to look a lot more promising. Both use roughly the same amount of copper, depending on the amount of cells. By the way, I'm gonna post this here, since I'm too lazy to post it elsewhere. You can use a recipe for sugar glass to make salt "glass" for the solar panels. A lot of salt and a little water to melt it with. Pour it on your copper leads and let it cool.

[corpralj3]

Are you fucking serious with this guy using no gloves? There is no accidents with these types of temperatures, your fucking fingers/hand will be gone.

[TheFenerli10]

@corpralj3 one hand on the camera too

[thdmtr]

@corpralj3 this guy is absolutely right GO BUY SOME FUCKING KEVLAR GLOVES! There's no 2nd chance on accidents involving temperatures like that even with small quantities of molten metal.

[FilippoGatti1991]

@corpralj3

I wash my hands in molten tungsten, it's just a little warm. ;)

[lambstream]

what did you use as container for the copper??

[RODALCO2007]

Cool! surprised that you didn't use gloves lifting the top off the oven.

Electric 110 or 220 V ?

[1ToNJaB]

Is electric cheaper than propane?

[Lokivoid]

@1ToNJaB

depends on how your useing the electricity, and how big your furnace is. A furnace this size useing a induction coils would cost alot less then propane considering the heat is generated by the metal it self via induction allowing it to reach melting point in a fraction of the time. Also take into account you never have to go buy/refill/recertify a canister with electrical methods.

[bigcloud950]

@1ToNJaB yes electric is cheaper then propane propane cost like 100 $ when your tank gets empty

[theblackcuriass]

im thinking that u thought of this over time or its a spurr of the moment kind of thing lol

[Dmajorproductions]

i need help on this, im using a steel pot and a propane blowtorch,

help!

[myamulet83]

do you have a blueprint how to build this thing