Melting Aluminium at home

Easy homemade 500 ml oven for melting and moulding aluminium at home.

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Howto & Style

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• mould
• melt
• aluminium
• homemade
• oven
• cheap

[neogastropoda1]

that is pretty good. is there any reason why i shouldnt use a steel cup? im thinking better heat conductor thats all.

Would rock wool that they use for wading furnaces be ok instead of pellets?

[ivanov3000mltk]

@neogastropoda1 You are right. In other construction (see video) I use steel cup.

[ivanov3000mltk]

@neogastropoda1 rock wool can be used, I think, but it has worse max temperature resistance.

[wow1022]

can you use cement for the surrounding?

[ivanov3000mltk]

@wow1022 yes

[TheCerberusInferno]

Whats Haydite , whats hypsum ?????????????????

[imatelly]

well useing a 1000 watt heater unit your going to use about 20 cents per hour give or take 10 cents so as long as you melt more than a pound at a time your atleast not waisting your money,unless you mold metal of course

[nashkrywka]

@cassiavc thats called a calrod, the thing thats on top of an electric stove. there like $40 so if you just go to an apliance return shop or something theyll probably let you grab a few old ones off of a stove.

[neogastropoda1]

@ivanov3000mltk ah, hmmmm. i may have a word with my friend who works in a melting shop, see what he can aquire lol

[cassiavc]

Where can I get the isolate heater? eBay?