hey, i've always melted lead in my cooking pots, and i've never noticed a proboboboblem... wait, what were we talking about? am i actually typing at the moment? i thought i was at the beach
@@bacicinvatteneaca the rest of the world banned lead based paint decades before the United States did, because rich people were making money and our law makers thought that was more important than public safty.
Nicely done! I've got a washing-machine barrel that I've been holding onto for a while, now that I've seen how you finished yours I know what I need to do to finish mine!
Yeah, I see your point, the old blue paint coating might just turn to ash but hopefully all that insulation he put between it and his furnace center will protect it and the paint on top from turning to ash.
@@busybee6889 He plainly didn’t, otherwise he'd have known to remove it. Only the insecure can't cope with constructive criticism, always right non learners
Pro tip: when using concrete and forms put either axle grease or diesel fuel on the forms where you don't want the concrete to stick. Note: colored axle grease will stain concrete.
Yep, the kerosene/diesel mix is pretty common in construction as a release agent. But really, anything greasy or oily that doesn't evaporate or wick into the concrete (don't used water based stuff) will likely result in success for a DIY project. Just be sure to use something expendable, non-porous, and preferably with a smooth finish that doesn't have an odd shape (like a coke bottle or something), because not even a release agent will work well enough to get some things out...that's where the expendable part comes in LOL
@@donniebrown2896 If you want to pay 5x the going rate. It can be hard to find, I would look to see if you have a pottery supply house near you or if there is a specialty forging or ceramics store of some sort. If you are only looking for a small amount, then amazon may do well, but if you are looking at making a larger furnace you will want to get it at the right price, so look around locally.
Finally. Seen a video.. stated it’s purpose in title.. showed a great way to DIY said product. No frills no BS. And accomplished this perfection without having to listen to some tool who just loves the sound of his own voice blab on about why he decided to bless us with his idea. Thank you kind sir.
This is ok if you’re only planning on melting aluminium. I have a foundry made from an oil drum but use it for melting bronze. The problem with this design is there’s not much thermal insulation on the lid. I use a full size oil drum with 7.5cm of ceramic wool then coated in 5cm of refractory cement. I can use an A35 crucible easily with that setup and it only takes 2 hours to melt a full crucible. You’ll just have to work out what you’re going to be melting and work out what temperature you need before making it. I think the size of this is a bit over kill for the size of the crucible. That looks like an A12 maximum which I used to use with a small propane foundry which was only a fraction of that size.
MrPhuct there’s no point spending way more money on map gas if you can do it with propane though. Also I’m really commenting on this being a smart design. It’s more of a waste of the oil drum. There’s way more insulation than is needed on the walls and not enough on the top. Plus it has a chipboard bottom. Even if it doesn’t burn it won’t last very long. If someone was going to make something similar I thing this is a poorly thought out design. You can get so much more out of an ‘oil drum’ foundry. It’s a waste of materials (expensive materials) to make something so big for such a little crucible. To melt that material you have to heat up so much thermal mass it becomes more expensive. For something like an A12 crucible (I assume that what it is from the video) all you need is 2 layers of ceramic wool in a mini oil drum (domestic frying oil drum) otherwise you’re just wasting fuel to heat something up that you’re not going to melt. I have made several oil drum foundries and use them daily and I have had to strike the right balance for fuel efficiency, size of my castings, material and usage costs.
@MrPhuct what do you think about devil forge furnaces, would it be a nice investment over making one of these? Im planning on melting bronze copper aluminum and thats about it
I have a commercially produced, industrial grade furnace similar to this and it’s a great design. You can throw an electric blower on it as well and it’ll get your temps higher (mine has one built in). Look forward to seeing what you cast in one this size!
Unbelievably cool, thank you for sharing this! ...and thanks for not adding disturbing music in the background, it's just perfect like this. Highly appreciate this...
I suspect the chicken wire is springy enough to not be an issue. But the all-thread in the lid seems likely to be a problem. I've been considering a new melt furnace and thought I'd try a domed lid with additional insulation and only the chicken wire for reinforcement. Gets heavy though. I think I would use the other end of the drum for the lid so I would have the thicker edge and be able to use a little (20mm) of the top as a supporting surface for the refractory. The top would be turned upside down to get the supporting lip on the bottom of the lid. My plan was to use ceramic wool on the under side of the lid held in place with ceramic stemmed buttons passing through the cast refractory and tie wired out side of the top. Did that a long time ago on a barrel ceramic kiln we made, worked. The ideal melt furnace would be electric to prevent the contamination from the products of combustion. Hydrogen is a major problem.
Good video but it would have been more useful if you had explained mostly what materials and receipt you used like in the cement. Where did you get the fiberglass or wool insulation?
Great video 👌 but you may run into problems soon because you poured refractory directly onto a porous ceramic fiber blanket without sealing the surface first.
A year later I watching this again and still am amazed on how well you did this! Most just use wool and call it done you went all the way and did it perfect!
This is by far the best DIY furnace I have seen yet... and I think it's the one I'm going to try replicate!! Really love the crucible tongs and pourers too!! Great vid thanks :) Edit: also great idea on cutting the drum!!
Curious, what is the height you cut your barrel at? I see the lid is 5cm but there's no measurements for the main forge. (1 microwave is not a measurement 😋)
If youre using concrete or motar and you plan to use pipes like he used for the gases, dip the pipes into used motor oil. The oil prevents the concrete/motar from sticking to the pipe. When making sewer lines and manholes, we use 1 part deisel fuel and 3 parts oil for the ladders and holes for various pipes that are mapped into the concrete during pour
I don’t get it. Why the massive furnace, when ur still using a standard sized crucible 🤔🤨. Makes absolutely no sense. I thought bigger furnace means bigger crucible 🤷🏽♂️
Overall, this was a very impressive build. I'd like to see a breakdown of the materials used & the overall cost. Did you think to include temperature sensors & gauge for specific metals, or is this just for aluminium/copper recycling? Also, that pourer handle has to be one of the cleverest methods I've seen to hold & pour with a crucible full of molten metal. Most of the time it's a set of curved tongs that have to be held in an annoyingly awkward way with heavy gloves.
Next time you are making a cast or mould using concrete or cement, cover the mould surface area with a thin layer of grease or thick oil, it will make extracting the mould much easier for you.
Is there a specific microwave oven that I need to act as a height gauge for the levelling out the cut in the first clip, I really enjoyed watching this video and looking forward to seeing some more of your videos....Phil 🇬🇧
please try to only use the bottom burner, just to see if the upper one makes any difference. maybe its located to close to the exhaust hole. I believe that the second burner should be placed at the same height but 180 degrees apart from the other one. it would be very very interesting to not only guess but know for sure
Given this and other designs I've seen the idea is that the heat actually blows around the inner vessel in a sort of vortex, given his insulation is any good it shouldn't make much of a difference actually
@@xxportalxx. yes , but for a much shorter way than if it was located att the bottom. so I think it would be much more economical effective with both burners att the bottom
@@610324dan I think you're simply overestimating the locality of the heating, unlike a torch this oven has a body with insulation, the goal is to bring the chamber up to temperature, not just the focal point of the flame
That's a lot of insulation, I wish my forge was this efficient :D In the future you may wanna use a silicon lubricant on the bucket and other plastic stuff you'll remove after cement* is cured - it's gonna slip out with ease. And remain usable! * I'm not sure it's the proper english word but y'all know what I mean
Spot on but i do wonder how the top concrete will hold up over time . Maybe use the base of a 44 gallon drum with 50 mm of the sides still atached so as to keep integrity of concrete and also reflect heat downward. You could also line with so ceramic blanket before you pour the cement top! 👍🏻
For insolation u can use starlaite material homemade, because this alumosilicate foam can cost much: for 1kg starlite there is 400g flour, 200g sugar, 200g corn starch, 200g baking soda, 40g borax. This guy uses cement that will eventually crack. Make a starlite paste by mixing all those 5 indigrients with water but dry it out of water before using furnace for a week or so. For more info check out starlite in youtube.
I need to do this.
We made one but smaller..
Alternate channel Hand Tool Meltdown
Yeeees 🙌🏻 I’ll for sure watch it 🙂
I need sir new please send your address
@@candydavis9410 same process?
Stick welder! About time some on on RUclips welds like the rest of us savages.
A stick welder can be perform to a very high standard... in the right hands.
I when I was a boy. Melted led in my mothers cooking pan's.
Then she cooked my dinner and it.
That could explain 🤔 a lot. M
hey, i've always melted lead in my cooking pots, and i've never noticed a proboboboblem... wait, what were we talking about? am i actually typing at the moment? i thought i was at the beach
@@myspace_forever now thats funny!!
That would explain your typing skills
A reminder that ghettos in the us use a lot of lead paint, and lead poisoning has been shown to significantly increase aggression.
@@bacicinvatteneaca the rest of the world banned lead based paint decades before the United States did, because rich people were making money and our law makers thought that was more important than public safty.
It is very satisfying to watch something like that being made to suit someone's own needs.
That had to be one of the cleanest looking furnaces I've ever seen. Great work.
Absolutely , Wonderful
Your creative potential seems limitless.
Nicely done! I've got a washing-machine barrel that I've been holding onto for a while, now that I've seen how you finished yours I know what I need to do to finish mine!
I love how he basically used his angle grinder as a can opener xD
I used a jackhammer to cut open 50 gallon drums all the time. I got quite good at it because I had to do it at least once a day at work for two years.
Yeah but I think you had enough
Albeit an expensive can opener.
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Can I just say that I love the fact that you used a microwave to make that cut at the perfect height 😂
Old blue coat must be deleted before using themostable paint.
It's cool crucible furnace.
Sorry for my English.
Yeah, I see your point, the old blue paint coating might just turn to ash but hopefully all that insulation he put between it and his furnace center will protect it and the paint on top from turning to ash.
no need to apologize.. and yes, such thermoresistant paints strongly reccomend to remove old paint and even not to use primer coat
im tippin he took that into account...he's no dumb bunny you paint Nazis
@@busybee6889 He plainly didn’t, otherwise he'd have known to remove it. Only the insecure can't cope with constructive criticism, always right non learners
Pro tip: when using concrete and forms put either axle grease or diesel fuel on the forms where you don't want the concrete to stick.
Note: colored axle grease will stain concrete.
So a light layer of diesel on the bucket before cementing? Good to know, thank you!
We used to coat metal wall forums with a mixture of kerosene and diesel fuel so the concrete wouldn't stick to em.
Yep, the kerosene/diesel mix is pretty common in construction as a release agent. But really, anything greasy or oily that doesn't evaporate or wick into the concrete (don't used water based stuff) will likely result in success for a DIY project. Just be sure to use something expendable, non-porous, and preferably with a smooth finish that doesn't have an odd shape (like a coke bottle or something), because not even a release agent will work well enough to get some things out...that's where the expendable part comes in LOL
Just use furniture polish, it's convenient and low mess.
@@1TUFZ71 No... He's an idiot. Never use a combustible material at any point during this sort of process.
Like while watching
I went from looking at a small easy to use electric metal furnace to some guy making his own gigantic one. That escalated quickly!
0:44, cannot read the bottle. Help, anyone? Thx
@@georgecomber, I appreciate the help, thanks! I am not familiar with this concoction.
I feel so accomplished, and all I had to do was watch this and eat a sandwich. Great work
Мужики, из чего тигель сделан?
@Руслан Моделист благодарю!
That's a great idea. I have tried to cut so many things like that. With a wibly wobly cut.
where can i find that kind of wool 3:20
It is referred to as "Kaowool", but that is just a brand name. But may help you in your search
Amazon and eBay,
@@donniebrown2896 If you want to pay 5x the going rate.
It can be hard to find, I would look to see if you have a pottery supply house near you or if there is a specialty forging or ceramics store of some sort. If you are only looking for a small amount, then amazon may do well, but if you are looking at making a larger furnace you will want to get it at the right price, so look around locally.
All that to make cupcakes??? I salute you, sir!
Gg
Finally. Seen a video.. stated it’s purpose in title.. showed a great way to DIY said product. No frills no BS. And accomplished this perfection without having to listen to some tool who just loves the sound of his own voice blab on about why he decided to bless us with his idea. Thank you kind sir.
And no annoying music.
The quality of your work and your creativeness do not cease to amaze me. Your videos are some of the very best on RUclips all categories combined.
I've built at least 5 foundries till now. And I can confidently say that I'm about to build the 6th one. Like, holy shit. This is PERFECTION
what type metal that's inside the furnace that's used to heat the other metal, the one that doesn't melt ????
@@jmadventures9830 it's called crucible...it is made of porcelain or any other inert metal which can able to withstand high temperatures..
@@agriculturemachinerychanne9574 thanks I figured it out eventually... did you build a foundry ?
@@jmadventures9830 no
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hello
@@shadybandit7 no
@@rocketman9838
مرحبا ما هي المواد التي صبيت فيها القالب
Such a smart design! Did you do this or were the plans available from somewhere?
This design looks robust and strong, but performs very poor on containing and isolating the heat. I would not recommend it.
@@shuvalassaf And what's the reasoning for your assertion here? As at the moment it's entirely baseless.
This is ok if you’re only planning on melting aluminium. I have a foundry made from an oil drum but use it for melting bronze. The problem with this design is there’s not much thermal insulation on the lid.
I use a full size oil drum with 7.5cm of ceramic wool then coated in 5cm of refractory cement. I can use an A35 crucible easily with that setup and it only takes 2 hours to melt a full crucible.
You’ll just have to work out what you’re going to be melting and work out what temperature you need before making it.
I think the size of this is a bit over kill for the size of the crucible. That looks like an A12 maximum which I used to use with a small propane foundry which was only a fraction of that size.
MrPhuct there’s no point spending way more money on map gas if you can do it with propane though.
Also I’m really commenting on this being a smart design. It’s more of a waste of the oil drum. There’s way more insulation than is needed on the walls and not enough on the top. Plus it has a chipboard bottom. Even if it doesn’t burn it won’t last very long.
If someone was going to make something similar I thing this is a poorly thought out design. You can get so much more out of an ‘oil drum’ foundry.
It’s a waste of materials (expensive materials) to make something so big for such a little crucible. To melt that material you have to heat up so much thermal mass it becomes more expensive.
For something like an A12 crucible (I assume that what it is from the video) all you need is 2 layers of ceramic wool in a mini oil drum (domestic frying oil drum) otherwise you’re just wasting fuel to heat something up that you’re not going to melt.
I have made several oil drum foundries and use them daily and I have had to strike the right balance for fuel efficiency, size of my castings, material and usage costs.
@MrPhuct what do you think about devil forge furnaces, would it be a nice investment over making one of these? Im planning on melting bronze copper aluminum and thats about it
Is that led?
I have a commercially produced, industrial grade furnace similar to this and it’s a great design. You can throw an electric blower on it as well and it’ll get your temps higher (mine has one built in). Look forward to seeing what you cast in one this size!
Good job man! That puts those store bought devil forges to shame! Can't wait to see what you melt in it!
Unbelievably cool, thank you for sharing this!
...and thanks for not adding disturbing music in the background, it's just perfect like this. Highly appreciate this...
What are you will make with that big awesome stuff sir?...its very heavy ver g great...awesome
I am really amazed how creative yet simple your designs are
Keep it up
Ps: big fan of your work 😍😍😍🤩
كفوو😍👍
I'm always impressed at how you think in innovative ways to accomplish your goals. Very nice work!
nice video black beard projects
its really good love your vdz from Pakistan
Will the chicken wire expand at a different rate than the refractory and crack it ?
I know it is used in brick oven construction with refractory cement mortar, so probably it should be ok
I suspect the chicken wire is springy enough to not be an issue. But the all-thread in the lid seems likely to be a problem. I've been considering a new melt furnace and thought I'd try a domed lid with additional insulation and only the chicken wire for reinforcement. Gets heavy though. I think I would use the other end of the drum for the lid so I would have the thicker edge and be able to use a little (20mm) of the top as a supporting surface for the refractory. The top would be turned upside down to get the supporting lip on the bottom of the lid. My plan was to use ceramic wool on the under side of the lid held in place with ceramic stemmed buttons passing through the cast refractory and tie wired out side of the top. Did that a long time ago on a barrel ceramic kiln we made, worked.
The ideal melt furnace would be electric to prevent the contamination from the products of combustion. Hydrogen is a major problem.
OMG your plate to stop the crucible from falling out while pouring is Genius. I have been contemplating this complicated slide arm thing.
Good video but it would have been more useful if you had explained mostly what materials and receipt you used like in the cement. Where did you get the fiberglass or wool insulation?
nice build brother cant WAIT to watch your big melts bigstacked step aside black beard comin through lol
Great video 👌 but you may run into problems soon because you poured refractory directly onto a porous ceramic fiber blanket without sealing the surface first.
What a smart build! I’m in awe 🤩
Awesome design! Definitely have to make one now!
Any updated?
I'm always really impressed that the homemade workshop tools and gadgets always look so professional and neat. Another great video!
Signed
Edison.
Good luck servicing those castors.
A year later I watching this again and still am amazed on how well you did this! Most just use wool and call it done you went all the way and did it perfect!
very cool! How do you come up with ideas like that?
This is by far the best DIY furnace I have seen yet... and I think it's the one I'm going to try replicate!! Really love the crucible tongs and pourers too!! Great vid thanks :)
Edit: also great idea on cutting the drum!!
I am amazed you got away with using so much water with the cement.
I've had those muffins, they hurt the roof of my mouth
most under-rated comment.
I really like the way you work. Good luck
Is it hot enough to make a crucible steel?
Curious, what is the height you cut your barrel at? I see the lid is 5cm but there's no measurements for the main forge. (1 microwave is not a measurement 😋)
This is the best diy design ever seen! Can you tell some melting time?
It would also be great to have more info about that tongs!
Awesome... Gold melting next time??
Awesome build, nice incorporated design using your dual gas ventures / burners which work very well. 👍👍👍
If youre using concrete or motar and you plan to use pipes like he used for the gases, dip the pipes into used motor oil. The oil prevents the concrete/motar from sticking to the pipe. When making sewer lines and manholes, we use 1 part deisel fuel and 3 parts oil for the ladders and holes for various pipes that are mapped into the concrete during pour
Что за жидкость ты наносил на ржавчину?
Преобразователь ржавчины с эффектом воронения
Thanks mate. M
Hey Black Beard, you should wearing gloves with this project..ok..you know that😏
How much did this put back to make? And time?
Gloves?! Must have a union man here. Lol
Two my is two
Super idée je vais testé ca
I don’t get it. Why the massive furnace, when ur still using a standard sized crucible 🤔🤨. Makes absolutely no sense. I thought bigger furnace means bigger crucible 🤷🏽♂️
Ohhh hot muffin guy again :D
smart build !
Overall, this was a very impressive build. I'd like to see a breakdown of the materials used & the overall cost. Did you think to include temperature sensors & gauge for specific metals, or is this just for aluminium/copper recycling?
Also, that pourer handle has to be one of the cleverest methods I've seen to hold & pour with a crucible full of molten metal. Most of the time it's a set of curved tongs that have to be held in an annoyingly awkward way with heavy gloves.
Next time you are making a cast or mould using concrete or cement, cover the mould surface area with a thin layer of grease or thick oil, it will make extracting the mould much easier for you.
That's Awesome, BackstackD Castings would be impressed.
I would love to replicate this. Would you share how much refractory cement and insulating cloth you used?
Love to see you make gold or silver bullion some day - and then a secret treasure box to store it in :)
Can you melt iron in it? Or just led, aluminium and others metal with low fusion point?
I am also wondering...what temperatures you can get this to? hot enough for mild steel and iron?
Is there a specific microwave oven that I need to act as a height gauge for the levelling out the cut in the first clip, I really enjoyed watching this video and looking forward to seeing some more of your videos....Phil 🇬🇧
please try to only use the bottom burner, just to see if the upper one makes any difference. maybe its located to close to the exhaust hole. I believe that the second burner should be placed at the same height but 180 degrees apart from the other one. it would be very very interesting to not only guess but know for sure
Given this and other designs I've seen the idea is that the heat actually blows around the inner vessel in a sort of vortex, given his insulation is any good it shouldn't make much of a difference actually
@@xxportalxx. yes , but for a much shorter way than if it was located att the bottom. so I think it would be much more economical effective with both burners att the bottom
@@610324dan I think you're simply overestimating the locality of the heating, unlike a torch this oven has a body with insulation, the goal is to bring the chamber up to temperature, not just the focal point of the flame
@@xxportalxx. but the longer the flame travel the more heat it leave inside the chamber
Чем заливал? Неужели обычный цемент? Видео класс, Лайк однозначно.
@Руслан Моделист такои толщиной глина растреснулась бы. Там какая-то комбинированная смесь.
да,плохо что не показывает материал из которого делал
Огнеупорный состав скорее всего, сейчас такой продаётся.
Can I make this but with coal instead of gas? And it's preferred to add cement on the bottom as well?
Very good work!!!
Castable Refractory requires much less water than quickcrete... not sure what he used but keep that in mind folks
Мощная печь !👍
That's a lot of insulation, I wish my forge was this efficient :D
In the future you may wanna use a silicon lubricant on the bucket and other plastic stuff you'll remove after cement* is cured - it's gonna slip out with ease. And remain usable!
* I'm not sure it's the proper english word but y'all know what I mean
cant wait new videos with melting stuff
Mmmm... Forbidden muffins
Nicely done, sir.
What a nice and accurate building ! Wish I also can cast metal :D !! Good job buddy
Круто, люблю его ролики
Чувак ты просто молодец 👍
Awesome build, man!
I love sement. My hole shop is concrete or blocks. It's sò cheap.
Just a heads up it’s cement
Refractory cement is expensive!
Чудово!
Rewelacja. Super.
....GOOD ONE, NICE JOB, STAY SAFE...
❤️
Spot on but i do wonder how the top concrete will hold up over time . Maybe use the base of a 44 gallon drum with 50 mm of the sides still atached so as to keep integrity of concrete and also reflect heat downward. You could also line with so ceramic blanket before you pour the cement top! 👍🏻
I was thinking that as well
For insolation u can use starlaite material homemade, because this alumosilicate foam can cost much: for 1kg starlite there is 400g flour, 200g sugar, 200g corn starch, 200g baking soda, 40g borax. This guy uses cement that will eventually crack. Make a starlite paste by mixing all those 5 indigrients with water but dry it out of water before using furnace for a week or so. For more info check out starlite in youtube.
I really liked it =)
Now I am looking forward for what will come out from that aluminum casting.
What is this white colour one material and that grey colour one like cement?
awesome, nice job Bro.... are you planning to cast engine block?
Pretty talented
That is the best furnace I have seen built g[d job👍
Amazing work one of the best looking foundry I have seen and incredibly creative to the extreme
Another level of awesomeness 😎😎😎
Where do you live? Brand's hatch? M