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don't ever try this yourself ... so obviously I need to try this myself.

its not exactly an induction heater, but its appears pretty simple and potentially very useful. What he doesn't explain though, is how to reduce the voltage and raise the amps on the microwave transformer

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=91f_1353824762

could anyone shed a little light on this electrickery?

ta, n

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Got me thinking... I just put a 1/2 inch bar of steel in the jaws of my spot welder.... Lots of sparks, and made a nasty dent in each side, but I did get the bar glowing orange. Totally could have forged it. The issue with this sort of thing is that as the metal scales, the point of contact becomes very unreliable. Could try it with welding clamps and leads, but overall I think that you're better off either with an electric oven/kiln, or with induction if you want to use electricity to heat your metal with.

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