Smelting, Melting, Foundry, and Casting

465 topics in this forum

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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   • NemoAmet
   • November 28, 2021

4. Is this slag?

   By Ridgeway Forge Studio, April 17
   • 11 replies
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   • Nobody Special
   • April 19

5. bloom from scale.

   By bluerooster, April 12
   • 10 replies
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   • Frosty
   • April 14

6. Do Silicon Carbide Crucibles leave a black residue when rubbed?

   By Toor, April 3   

   • crucibles
   • 10 replies
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   • Florida Man Metals
   • April 10

7. Antiquity Castings

   By Scott NC, March 22
   • 7 replies
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   • Frosty
   • March 23

8. Casting a Gingery Lathe 1 2

   By Nobody Special, January 28
   • 45 replies
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   • Frosty
   • 10 hours ago

9. Bronze smelting, need some advice

   By anka0311, January 13
   • 7 replies
   • 545 views
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   • anka0311
   • January 13

10. Need help melting on gas turbine generator copper

    By Bearded Familyman, January 1
    • 6 replies
    • 512 views
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    • Will Brouwers
    • January 2

11. Refractory purchase in Arkansas.

    By ODaily, December 20, 2023
    • 2 replies
    • 305 views
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    • Irondragon Forge ClayWorks
    • December 21, 2023

12. Lead Alloy for Copper Smelting Process

    By Andika from Indonesia, December 6, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 285 views
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    • Frosty
    • December 6, 2023

13. Building a brazing furnace

    By RichardF, November 28, 2023
    • 7 replies
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    • RichardF
    • November 30, 2023

14. Ceramic crucibles

    By Nobody Special, November 14, 2023
    • 10 replies
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    • wirerabbit
    • November 22, 2023

15. Formula for food grade cast iron

    By MarkinMissouri, August 12, 2023
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    • Latticino
    • August 14, 2023

16. Using chaplet in Aluminum casting

    By Daniel_Tran, June 28, 2023
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    • Irondragon Forge ClayWorks
    • June 29, 2023

17. Crucible Steel Venture

    By huntmaster99, June 24, 2023
    • 3 replies
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    • Frosty
    • June 26, 2023

18. Casting then forging old spring steel

    By gypsyghaun, June 9, 2023
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    • Goods
    • August 9, 2023

19. Coarse Magnetite

    By Scwootz, May 19, 2023
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    • Stash
    • May 20, 2023

20. Gas Smelter and Crucible base

    By BEBailey3, April 7, 2023
    • 5 replies
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    • Frosty
    • April 13, 2023

21. Furnace lining

    By Peter D, March 21, 2023
    • 1 reply
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    • Goods
    • March 21, 2023

22. Gas popping

    By Peter D, March 20, 2023
    • 3 replies
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    • Irondragon Forge ClayWorks
    • March 21, 2023

23. What size & buy vs build for first foundry?

    By Fallon, March 3, 2023
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    • Fallon
    • March 3, 2023

24. Will what I bought for cement be sufficient?

    By Saltyrad, March 2, 2023
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    • Saltyrad
    • March 3, 2023

25. Looking for some good tips since I'm new to this

    By Saltyrad, February 23, 2023
    • 16 replies
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    • Latticino
    • February 24, 2023

26. Just to give an idea of how dangerous foundry work can be....

    By Irondragon Forge ClayWorks, February 21, 2023
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    • anvil
    • March 11, 2023