Diy Electric Melting Furnace

After reading some of the comments and doing more research a simple controller to cycle the element on and off is recommended as the element is more likel.

Diy electric melting furnace.

Allow the furnace to heat the crucible and melt the metal before taking it out with tongs for casting. Materials steel bucket with lid would be preferred and it works best with a 10 quart but i couldn t find one and made a 6 gallon. I decided to make an electric furnace because it s totally silent i may use it inside my workshop i also may control temperature and i don t have to worry. This document describes how to build a furnace for melting metals like copper silver gold etc.

Some quick links to a fe. How to hack flashlight batteries and a fire brick into a desktop arc reaction chamber. So after a few months the element did finally break although it was partly my fault. Put the metal you want to melt inside the crucible and use a pair of fire tongs to set it in the middle of your furnace.

8 pounds plaster of paris possibly 12 if you do not have a lid with your bucket bag of sand normal play sand will work fine a 5 gallon bucket for mixing. Click on the image to go to the kanthal site where you can download specifications on kanthal wire and heating elements.