Smelting, Melting, Foundry, and Casting

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1. Melting points of Metals and Alloys

   By Glenn, October 3, 2018
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   • Hans Richter
   • June 3, 2020

3. Overview of metal casting for beginners 1 2

   By dan_m, December 15, 2011
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   • mangaliron
   • September 28, 2017

4. Electric Furnace and Melting Copper

   By Keets, Thursday at 06:07 PM
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   • Keets
   • Friday at 08:18 PM

5. Best method of large at home forge

   By Mario prefontaine, January 8
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   • ThomasPowers
   • January 11

6. 6061 - Casting

   By Bob La londe, December 21, 2020
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   • teenylittlemetalguy
   • December 21, 2020

7. Aluminum casting

   By William_James, July 28, 2016
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   • Welshj
   • December 21, 2020

8. Devil Forge MPA for metals

   By ToXic Productions, December 12, 2020   

   • devil forge
   • foundry
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   • 3 replies
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   • Frosty
   • December 13, 2020

9. Is it possible to melt and cast railroad track steel? 1 2

   By Germaan, June 12, 2011
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   • Frosty
   • November 29, 2020

10. Identifying Oddity - Railroad Crucible?

    By Marilyn Jordan, November 26, 2020
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    • pnut
    • November 27, 2020

11. Input welcome

    By NachoSupreme, October 8, 2020
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 12, 2020

12. Help sourcing clean iron sand.

    By Smd226, August 8, 2020
    • 9 replies
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    • George N. M.
    • October 6, 2020

13. Failed attempt at Ribbon burner?

    By Go.Fish, October 2, 2020
    • 5 replies
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    • ThomasPowers
    • October 2, 2020

14. Melting down to make copper ingots.

    By Faisal, September 29, 2020
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    • Frosty
    • September 29, 2020

15. Possible Iron Source?

    By Gilvar, September 17, 2020
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    • George N. M.
    • September 18, 2020

16. Can cast iron be used as iron source when smelt?

    By Tcarr, September 10, 2020
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    • ThomasPowers
    • September 11, 2020

17. PM Smelting from catalytic converters

    By blackwolf365, April 4, 2016
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    • ThomasPowers
    • August 28, 2020

18. Propane vs Induction furnaces - help needed

    By White Nomad, August 19, 2020   

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    • BIGGUNDOCTOR
    • August 24, 2020

19. Propane forge melting copper 1 2 3

    By Moss, February 23, 2019
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    • ThomasPowers
    • August 17, 2020

20. Crucible Fail

    By Chuckbudd46, August 6, 2020
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    • Chuckbudd46
    • August 7, 2020

21. old fashioned iron smelter

    By Dianne Orr, July 19, 2020
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    • Frosty
    • July 20, 2020

22. Looking for critiques/tips/tricks on my first foundry! 1 2

    By Madam Waffles, June 24, 2020   

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    • ThomasPowers
    • July 6, 2020

23. First attempt at making crucible steel

    By Andrew Golabek, June 2, 2019
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    • Andrew Golabek
    • July 2, 2020

24. Miniature Arc Furnace for Melting any metal 1 2 3

    By CGun, June 2, 2020   

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      • arc furnace
    • 57 replies
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    • CGun
    • June 25, 2020

25. First Crucible Steel Run, and Forging. 1 2

    By DanielC, November 11, 2017
    • 39 replies
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    • Omnislug
    • June 19, 2020

26. ingot sticking to mold

    By Forger29, June 19, 2020
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    • Frosty
    • June 19, 2020