Chris Barrett Casting Iron
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Dude,
Please devise another way of manipulating the crucible so as to make your pours away from your body, not towards you. Be Safe
4 years ago 9
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you need a different crucible holder. you must be growing big forearms doing it that way.
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I use most of the veggie oil I get in my car, old engine oil works fine in the furnace and I can get as much of it as I can use for free. My pockets aren't deep enough even to think of propane, I did have a bit of a play with it and could never get it to burn as hot as I can get waste oil. So why pay a fortune for something not as good as a free fuel??
Colin
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@slome815 Well when you can get oil for free thats true, but here oil has to go to a "container park" (to avoid restaurant just pouring waste oil down the drain). So coke is the cheapest I can use here.Now I'm using propane but the price is far to high.
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Hi, coke works fine I've melted iron with it both in a crucible and direct melting. Have a look at the earlier furnaces page on my web site there's a couple of pictures there. Coke is getting very hard to get and works out expensive as you do go through it. Also it really makes a mess with ash covering everything. Waste oil is much easier, cleaner and free.
Colin
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is there a reason why noone uses a coke fire for iron casting with a crucible (I have only seen cupolas used with cokes)
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Hi; that's a crucible, in this case I believe Chris was using a clay / graphite crucible which is the safest one for cast iron.
Colin
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supperstorm 1 year ago
For cast iron a clay / graphite crucible is needed, for metals which pour at a lower temp. then a steel or stainless steel crucible can be used. These can be lined with a clay mix to prevent contamination to the molten metal.
theartfulbodger 1 year ago
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Thetruthishere11 1 year ago
Thanks, iron casting takes a lot of heat, many home furnaces cannot reach these temps. To reach these temps. takes a lot of fuel, using free waste oil saves a small fortune!
Colin
theartfulbodger 1 year ago