DIY Foundry: dross skimming and pouring in flip flops

Just an example of the method I use to skim dross, pick up the crucible and pour ingots.

Yes, I know, I was not wearing the proper safety gear.

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• Foundry
• crucible
• melting
• aluminum
• DIY
• homemade
• ingot
• mold
• propane
• furnace
• casting

[donnyab]

nice video i don't know anything about pouring metal yet which i want to do...but i sure WILL be wearing protective gear when I do it

[amaedesign]

Glad to hear that =)

I suppose you could consider this a "what not to do" video.

[amaedesign]

Before pouring, I skim the junk off the top.

This floating scum is called "dross" and is the remains of paint, oil, dirt, or any other impurities that float. After removing the dross, the surface of the aluminum should look shiny, like mercury.

[pbrbnk]

i am very interested in your furnace design... What refractory did you use? What type of burner? Did you support the refractory with re-bar? Very cool stuff my friend., glad to see you in protective gear for the brass melt. I had a sudo-explosion pouring into a sheet ingot mold that was too cold and had traces of moisture. Just when you think you've got it down... POW. (or more like POP POP POP POP) Luckily i had on good gear.

[demonofjapan]

Don't listen to these dicks

[AxelTiger]

smelting metals while wearing shorts and flipflops as the kid watches... I think the OH&S officier just has a heart attack

[hazmat440]

ok kids now take a piss in it

[XxtechnorockerxX]

thats it kids come a little closer..

[XxtechnorockerxX]

hey kids...for your next lesson we are going to throw gasoline on the bbq grill...

[doozydog]

shorts and sandals good safe attire for the beach dont know about melting molten metals