Re: Melting Aluminium at home

Me melting aluminum at my shop. The device is a 1200 Watt CalRod heating element embedded in a Perlite / Furnace Cement (4:1 ratio) refractory. The crucible is a ceramic jar I found at home, it holds 700 mL. The temperature is somewhere around 900C (1650F) or higher... Spent less then $50 dollars to make it.

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[treeboy113]

@VCat2006 its just dust or other impureitys it floats to the top when almost any metal melts.

[EddieGoregor]

@AlphaMaleRyan Don't you mean (LOL Haha) "Aluminium foil" is 100% aluminium? (I would think "Tin" foil is tin!! LMFAO!!)

[toothpaste401]

this is very cool

[STREETRAT211]

is the burner just wired to plug in to an outlet?

[BowersArsenal]

Can you show us how to make it

[rhblakeman]

@1mooster1 Aluminum and aluminium and both correct spellings and usages. I used to think aluminium was a misuse myself but it depends on a person's form of English as to (British or North American). Dictionarydotcom has both listed.

[rhblakeman]

How bad does your electric usage go up with a run on this?

[SynthEnslaved]

I just can't find refractory cement where I live :(

[peakcur]

@Dalemoooooon Hahaha, downunder, it's miss-spelled ;)

[1mooster1]

I've never heard any American pronounce it 'al-you-min-ee-um' or spell it aluminium. Dictionary spells it 'aluminum' & gives pronunciation as 'uh-loo-muh-num'.

-Also, is it really a good idea to have a pot of molten aluminum right in front of stairs?

[shortymiget52]

@Dalemoooooon

poor little I.

[PsychoticusRex]

@njx8 well, that's what the boosters on the shuttle were fuelled with.