nowt Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 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 transformerhttp://www.liveleak.com/view?i=91f_1353824762 could anyone shed a little light on this electrickery? ta, n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieforge Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer :-) Markus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-the-Metal-Melter-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowt Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 epic, cheers guys. this has joined my list of winter projects :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris Snyder Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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