Arbalist Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 You can use Babel fish to sort of translate this! :blink:http://www.cientific...microondas.html I won't be trying it, looks far too dodgy even if it does work ... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 i suspect this voids the warranty :D but i am going to keep an eye out out recycling for a old microwave to give this a shot with .. outside .. with a long extension cord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbalist Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 i suspect this voids the warranty :D Only Slightly ... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 if you go to the post and click on TRANSLATE it does a resonable job Aswering dearest beloveds questions afterward is where I would have difficulty! Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Here's an English language page that goes into the same subject, although the method in the original link, above, seems to be more advanced and successful. This page hasn't been updated in years, so I assume he more or less abandoned the project. http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.cientificosaficionados.com/fundicion%2520microondas/fundicion%2520microondas.html&ei=HVJKT7HcOMjM0AHu3bSsDg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CD4Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.cientificosaficionados.com/fundicion%252520microondas/fundicion%252520microondas.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DrIh%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns this is a link to the google translate of the original page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbalist Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Wanted, numpty brave soul willing to try this and report back ... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 The more interesting part is the crucible recipe. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbalist Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 The more interesting part is the crucible recipe. Phil Yes! Maybe an old grinding wheel broken up and some cat litter would do it!? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Blast media...except I don't know how to get it other than big packages. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Ceramic suppliers sell SiC by the pound, although you may have trouble finding some of those grits. I would bet the stuff for ceramics is more pure than blast media, too. (I wouldn't bet a lot. I could be wrong about that.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small potatoes Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I was really surprised to find this thread here. I got into metal work through casting, and a couple of years ago I went down the microwave road. It quite interesting, and I was getting some pretty good results. Unfortunately, everything is on the back burner right now as I am in the process of moving. I do plan to pick it up again when things settle down, and this article looks to be very helpful for the next step, great find Arbalist! If anyone has questions about my experiments feel free. I did document things pretty well in some foundry threads listed below however, so you might want to read through them first. here are the threads at Alloyavenue; http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?3767-Microwave-casting&highlight=Microwave http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?3817-Microwave-casting&highlight=microwave http://www.alloyavenue.com/vb/showthread.php?4044-Microwave-casting-is-a-reality!&highlight=Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ornametalsmith Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I played with this a few years ago. Didn't follow the D. Reid tech properly but it still worked. I just used two crucibles, with a kaowool "gasket", and melted some aluminum. On a similar note, I've recently been using a "microwave kiln" to melt/fuse glass. If you google that you'll find lots of info,fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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