Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Copper Smelting

How to melt copper.. almost
Start with a shop vac on reverse connected to a steel tube..

Get a skillet o' copper

and a form.

..Add a bag of charcoal..

Let 'er Rip!



Is the melting point of cast iron lower than regular iron??

Failure in the crucible department

A clinker.

Attempt #2


Better crucible!

Back to the ole pit.

Melted (ish) copper, but not quite molten.

Try again..!

The leaf blower'll do the job



This is actually aluminum.  We went for the easier option.

Met with relative success!