Look at this, a free heat source!~

Where do I get one?, how do I make one?

Ha Ha, reminds me of all those ants and plastic army men I fried on the sidewalk with a magnifying glass when I was a kid.

Macrowave!

here in florida it would work well

The solar energy is focused on a very small spot. Try to bring a foot of 1 inch square bar to yellow heat! Of course the sun has to be shining. The reflector would have to be huge to be usable.

Very cool... thanks for sharing

I want, I want!!! me likey hot stuff! me likey hot stuff!!

How much sunshine do you need? Here in Glasgow I think that would only work about three or four weeks of the year and even then not consecutively!!!

Good to watch though.

Mick

My friend showed me some work with a Fresnel lens out of a 52" projector TV. Fried the concrete really fast.

I saw a film on a solar power plant, possibly Yermo CA, where they focused all of the reflectors on I believe a 1" thick steel plate. It literally only took a few seconds to melt through it.

Here in the desert we have an abundance of solar opportunities, and I see great potential for it. There is no one way to get us off the oil, but through several types;solar, wind,nuke,geothermal, we should be able to put a significant dent in it.

Over 3,500 degrees F. boy howdy that will get the job done as long as it is a small one.

I saw a film on a solar power plant, possibly Yermo CA, where they focused all of the reflectors on I believe a 1" thick steel plate. It literally only took a few seconds to melt through it.

I remember that solar plant. I did my last 18 months at Fort Irwin. Just to look at the light tower was a surreal experience.

No, that was 3500C, or 6330F. Screaming hot. Above the melting point for pure tungsten.

great if you want to melt something beyond recognition but for many of us that see the sun on a rare occasion it will not work well

So, correct me if i'm wrong. To make ourselves a forge all we would need to do is widen the focus from the size of a pin head to a wider area to lower the temp? and we would have blacksmithing fun aplenty, when the sun shines.
Alright, who's going to make one first?

I hear NASA has equipped each of the blacksmiths on their staff with their own solar forge.
Luckily(for the taxpayers)NASA has a limited need for blacksmiths.
Perhaps we will see some of these available at government surplus auctions soon. :rolleyes:

I remember that solar plant. I did my last 18 months at Fort Irwin. Just to look at the light tower was a surreal experience.

Yeah, it is kind of trippy the first time you see it in operation. Also when the reflectors are just aimed up they create a weird effect that looks like a huge fountain made of light.

a fe w years back i built a crude , and i mean crude parabolic reflector out of osb plywood w/reflecticve foil. 30 to 40 square feet would heat a frozen borito in a half hour. was an extreemly crude reflector