crucible?

[wulfgar]

i hear the word crucible used alot. can someone explain?

[Rich Hale]

crucible - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

[Bart]

Hey Wulfgar,

A crucible is a pot ,used to melt metal for casting.
I've used a carbon one for casting brass.

Grtz, Bart.

[chyancarrek]

Hey Wulfgar,

Ditto to the above posters - Crucibles come in all sorts of sizes and materials depending on what they are used for - metal - carbon - ceramic.

My avatar is a number 80 crucible (if I remember correctly) holding about 300lbs of bronze - it's made of a silicon-ceramic.

Here's a couple of pics of one in use -

[Mulciber]

Wulfgar, they're used once you've been blacksmithing long enough that the metal is in your veins and you just choose to drink molten metal rather than coffee.

Nothin like a good cup'o'tool steel to get the morning started.

PS; thanks for asking because I didn't know either.

[wulfgar]

thank you for the helps everyone. i guess for my next questions...how does one obtain them....i dont need anything large.

[buddy215216]

try searching on google ill bet u will find a lot of them, also try ebay or amazon

[chyancarrek]

Wulfgar,

Try these folks -

BCS - Budget Casting Supply

Great people to work with - always willing to answer a question and their carbon crucibles are really reasonable