Melting scrap Aluminum and Copper in a homemade propane smelter into 5 pound molds. How to build smelter • How To Build The Propa... Mold Dispenser Link • The Mold Dispenser
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@ronyerke92506 жыл бұрын
I love your mold tipper. That looks like quite a time saver.
@brianprince73647 жыл бұрын
I really liked this video. no talking just showing your setup and getting it done. That mold with a built in dumping handle is genius. you should produce and sell them.
@tickmothy8 жыл бұрын
I love how copper makes that green flame at the top.
@lays88189 жыл бұрын
make more melting vids, this is one of the better ones on youtube
@MrBoromir1237 жыл бұрын
The copper is such a lovely colour when it's poured
@Kamal_AL-Hinai7 жыл бұрын
Have you seen brass?
@callietho9 жыл бұрын
Also, great video, not to long, and the close ups of the cooling ingot were cool. Your setup is really neat as well.
@liamthekiller1009 жыл бұрын
Isn't it ironic how cool really hot stuff is?
@technoturkey55289 жыл бұрын
HAHA, nice one
@al90945 жыл бұрын
Makes you want to reach out and touch it .go a head i dare you
@thelordship31208 жыл бұрын
Very nice setup with the block dispenser
@emachine3109 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome set up. Looking forward to making my own one day
@Jspilman275 жыл бұрын
Great video gives me some good ideas how to improve my molds and I like your crucible handles smart
@prairiemountaineer9 жыл бұрын
Great Video, love your setup
@sharptoothtrex44865 жыл бұрын
Mixing copper, aluminum and tin all melted together is a great idea creating you own kind of non-rusted bronze metal I came up with.
@nodrama4906 жыл бұрын
Thank you for video, it is strangely satisfying
@vobinhthu52993 жыл бұрын
This project is very good!
@thegamerweeb51407 жыл бұрын
this looks cool I would love to try this when I'm older
@ricilgrosjean675 Жыл бұрын
Trop beau le métal sous sa forme liquide, cool vidéo 🤟👍
@robertschaeffer58615 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video excellent demo...
@bikefarmtaiwan18008 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting!
@ForrestJ889 жыл бұрын
Amazing video.
@650r_haz8 жыл бұрын
some how this video is very satisfying
@kyerobinson80979 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, very nifty ingot 'dispenser'. I was wondering what kind of refractory you used for your foundry/furnace? Thanks
@rhomanmason81317 жыл бұрын
that was so cool my friend I think I might give it a go I'm subscribed liked and notified :)
@jerrywhidby52598 жыл бұрын
I like the handle for your crucible. I don't believe I've seen one like it before.
@jerrywhidby52598 жыл бұрын
Could be modified easily to allow for the handle to lay down. Then the crucible size could be increased.
@gamertime76058 жыл бұрын
PRETTY COOL MAN
@Arditi_38 жыл бұрын
i just received my ingot and its Awesome. I told my mom to leave you a 5-star review. I also just showed my friend and he wants to buy one so next time you sell one let me know
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+Suzuki 747 ok i can list some more for sale on Saturday might not ship right away because of work
@Arditi_38 жыл бұрын
Ok cool
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+Suzuki 747 got some more for sale www.ebay.com/sch/12345boehm/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
@nobilismaximus9 жыл бұрын
You need charcoal in the melt pot and a lid on the mold or some sort. Copper will absorb 100% of its own weight in O2. If you look for copper water casting you'll see some pretty clean oxide free casts done that way.
@WhuuSamba8 жыл бұрын
nice work dude, melting alu by my selfe
@BenDover-ez6yv8 жыл бұрын
nice set up
@techworksinfo2 жыл бұрын
Good work bro
@lukerule57008 жыл бұрын
Cool video! I just built a crucible and bout the other stuff and ready to make some ingots
@AverageYouTuber8 жыл бұрын
Hows that goin for ya
@StevenSchoolAlchemy Жыл бұрын
that looks like fun
@Supertomiman9 жыл бұрын
Good entrepreneural spirit.
@XtraCrispy8 жыл бұрын
I dont know why, but they look so beautiful to me :D
@meltingdcopper52273 жыл бұрын
That’s a dope ingot molds setup you have there.. I’m just getting into Melting copper I have a couple videos out I would love to hear your feedback and maybe even some tips thank you
@dpasek16 жыл бұрын
Iron is slightly soluble in aluminum at its melting temperature. When you use a steel or iron crucible to melt aluminum, what you get is a contaminated mess. The longer you heat, the worse it gets. Iron is very detrimental to the physical properties of aluminum alloys. Do it right and go buy a silicon carbide crucible. Ceramic also works but doesn't last as long. Don't bother melting it if you are going to sell it for scrap.
@seehearspeaknoevil50906 жыл бұрын
I love how quiet it is as if im doing it myself and i never done this butt it never gets old love to see the colors and slight bit of danger
@rickydona9198 жыл бұрын
I see a lot of impurities in the copper.
@brendaliz47475 жыл бұрын
Make more molds at the same time 😍
@ronnyschaefer9 жыл бұрын
how much do you get for each mold when selling the molds? great video! very interesting stuff, nice setup!
@maurosalas59818 жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@ridge22449 жыл бұрын
Good tutorial
@MrMagichobo219 жыл бұрын
Do you think you could make a video showing your setup? Or more specifically your ingot mold/dispenser?
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
I will me making a video in the next couple of months on how to build the smelter and the mold/dispenser.
@headstocktailstock7 жыл бұрын
like the mold [your not "smelting" your re- melting] good vid
@anthonypoole69016 жыл бұрын
Nice pours
@coolobuttface8 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but notice that unlike most homemade furnaces the that introduce the heat source offset from the side to provide a swirling action surrounding the crucible, your come in from the bottom with stand-offs to elevate the crucible some distance above the flame. Is that better than what all these other guys do?
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+coolo the other way you can get more heat and is more efficient but at the time i built this i thought it would be easier and a lot cheaper
@griffinday46008 жыл бұрын
What is the pot that its smelted in made of and how to make or buy where
@brandona46186 жыл бұрын
What crucible are u using or did you make yours from heavy guage steel? Looking to be doing the same with my copper and aluminum
@12345boehm6 жыл бұрын
ya it is just a .25 inch think pipe with a plate welded on bottom
@martinf64486 жыл бұрын
Worlds loudest hairdryer.
@alphaomega83736 жыл бұрын
the copper looks tasty :D
@calebtee97667 жыл бұрын
what did you use as a crucible for the copper? I've been using steel exhaust pipe but it always seems to destroy my crucible. I've had some copper melt but when I add more it's like if hardens
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
it is a .25 inch pipe and plate on bottom. probably not getting enough heat if it hardens. that is what happened with my very first foundry
@TreasureByMeasure7 жыл бұрын
One of these days I'm going to try this..
@bostitchrider20263 жыл бұрын
I keep saying the same thing.lol
@conordrewett40747 жыл бұрын
That was so metal.
@steviesuperstar6 жыл бұрын
is that a waste oil burner using a hairdryer. that looks pretty proficient can you show/ tell how you done it . im guessing its drip fed through gravity but how do you get it started
@12345boehm6 жыл бұрын
it is just a propane burner i haven't built a waste oil one yet but hopefully soon
@patrickjforde26609 жыл бұрын
cool video..
@nbrunojunior9 жыл бұрын
Like a boss.
@Stefan-yi2iy7 жыл бұрын
Its so cool
@LoniWulff9 жыл бұрын
Do you have your weed burner just on "idle" with the hairdryer blowing up the same spot or do you tape your handle so your weed torch is basically in high gear?
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
I just have the valve open about half depends on what temperature you want it at and blower fan at full speed the more air the better more heat.
@tracychapman10008 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir I melted some copper in a waste oil furnace then i made some ingots for future casting but when i tried to melt the same ingots i made before i couldn't melt them in the same furnace and same temperature i don't why i failed can you give me some advices please thank you
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+tracychapman1000 it will take your ingots like 5 to 10 times longer to heat up depends on how big they are. the outside of the bar might look like it is melting but the inside will take a while to heat up
@tracychapman10008 жыл бұрын
12345boehm thanks for the reply i'll wait for long time then
@heinzhubbuch51676 жыл бұрын
HOW DO YOU GET THE COPPER TO RUN SO SMOOTHLY? when i pour just one lb. bar the last of it hardens right in he pour? and my copper seems thicker and yours runs like water? im heating to 1200??? what am i doing wrong?
@12345boehm6 жыл бұрын
the aluminum melts at 1200 about and copper is around 1975 degrees and it seems to work better when the temperature is like at least half as much more of that so copper at like 2500 or more so when cools down some it stays more liquid. and to i had 5 some pounds in crucible so that would take a little more longer to cool then the 1, But i would say get it hot as possible and poor it fast as you can once you turn the heat down
@manns1011019 жыл бұрын
1:03 - the T1000
@maurosalas59818 жыл бұрын
Hi, hoy do you madre Or get the molds
@alan301897 жыл бұрын
Are you melting aluminum cans or other types of aluminum? Are aluminum cans worth the trouble to melt down to recycle for more $$$, or should I just turn in the cans at the recycler? How long do the ingots take to cool off before you can dump them out of the mold?
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
i don't melt any cans anymore you get quit a bit slag and is just easier to take to scrap yard unless you have no other aluminum to melt. i usually let sit in mold till top is solid and wait like half minute or so if you have to make another pour right away
@nathansmith66857 жыл бұрын
I checked with my local scrap company and they told me that unless I can prove the grade of material that they only pay for old aluminum when its melted down into ingots. They said that it is a waste of time for people to do this, and if you think about it once you separate the old from the clean there is a good difference in price between them so your actually throwing away cash by just melting it all down because you need to add the cost of fuel and your time.
@Jspilman275 жыл бұрын
Nathan Smith I get 50 cents a pound for sheet aluminum and 40 for extruded. However I get 75 for my bars. And I have a huge dump trailer that I used to fill 8 feet high with side was on and I would get only 1000 pounds or so in it. The last load of bars I took in was in the box of a pickup and received 1400$ they take up less room I have to travel 200kms to the scrap yard so in my case it works great
@fladoodel Жыл бұрын
Sell ingots on ebay
@eucme97168 жыл бұрын
love the honcho
@FixAllFixer628 жыл бұрын
nice what your blower unit
@FixAllFixer628 жыл бұрын
what is the unit pour melt in to did you make it
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+donald laisure (73SuperGlide62) it is a 5 pound copper mold of ebay and the mold is mounted to kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5qdd7F7zMC4kYU.html
@ItAintJustPaint7 жыл бұрын
You work for propane, so you can moonlight as a smelter?
@RobbyJHope9 жыл бұрын
How less pure is the copper using this method?
@hausemaster2b2t9 жыл бұрын
4:03 It looks like it is frozen under a cover of ice or frozen
@josealberto66126 жыл бұрын
Saludo amigo me puede esplicar de k material esta echo el envase donde se derrite el aluminio
@12345boehm6 жыл бұрын
just a 1/4 inch thick pipe if i remember right it is 5 inch wide. then it just has a 1/4 inch plate welded on the bottom and a repair handle on top
@dave858man27 жыл бұрын
how long did it take to get that much copper into the molten state? is that just a tiger torch you used? I'm thinking on casting a copper heat sink and aim wondering what its going to require
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
about 15 20 minutes on my new foundry is faster to melt once it is heated but takes little longer to heat up
@Humoud868 жыл бұрын
soooo lovely video. thanks. what is the fire used? gas? and what are the material made to carry the melt? iron?
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+The Desert Wolf propane and steel crucible
@Mrbobbyboo6 жыл бұрын
Is the fire green
@adenoffenberger23978 жыл бұрын
What kind of crucible is that I used a graphite one and melted right through it
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+aden offenberger steel crucible
@parkerbenz7 жыл бұрын
Wow! That huge pile of aluminum is awesome! Where do you get the aluminum from? Do you buy it? My biggest issue is finding aluminum to melt.
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
mostly scraping
@computerlearingchannel42577 жыл бұрын
parker benz aluminum cans
@Coyote279819 жыл бұрын
what are you using as a burner and fuel? is it much harder to melt copper than alu? great setup you got there, congrats.
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
Coyote27981propane weed burner, with this setup it is easy to melt copper and aluminum just takes a little longer to heat the copper to start to melt it
@trevethan823198413 жыл бұрын
I like that mold that dumps the ingot how did you make it ?
@12345boehm3 жыл бұрын
yup all homeade here is link on how i made it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5qdd7F7zMC4kYU.html
@thepoultrypeople9 жыл бұрын
lol 1:45 RC!
@wargarkaz7 жыл бұрын
HELP! Do you think its possible to make these perfect square so that they're usable in a CNC machine? Like a perfectly shaped rectangle of any size, but 90 degree edges and all that. Doesnt matter if the top isnt perfect u can mill it out, but bottom has to be real flat idk how this works i just know i have a CNC mill and want to make tons of shit with it but the price of aluminium blocks seems too expensive. If i could melt down scrapyard garbage and use a CNC to turn it into expensive parts, i mean shit why not.
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
you would have to probably build one out of steel or use a piece of tubing cut in half then just make a clamp to clamp together,
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
there might be a little seem where clamp will be but if aluminum should be easy to make flat
@ninjamachete33639 жыл бұрын
Cool
@davidduncan36593 жыл бұрын
I’d like to know more about those molds
@12345boehm3 жыл бұрын
this one is a 5 pound copper graphite mold got of ebay
@LoniWulff9 жыл бұрын
How many k 23 firebricks do you use? Trying to get everything ordered so I can make it once the vid comes out. Also, what size and type of bucket are you using?
@LoniWulff9 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah one more thing; I'm going to need to melt about 25 pounds of aluminum/copper at a time...I have a 2 gallon cast iron pot that's about 8" in diameter for this so do you think using a garbage can for this would be workable?
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
Should be about 7 - 10 firebrick it don't have to be perfect it is just to help keep heat in and it is a 5 gallon steel pale
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
lol this will not get 25 pounds maybe 6 to 7 before it is not enough heat garbage can might be a bit thin. I would say if you had a pipe or something more heavy duty about 4 inches wide, cause when melting the copper roughly 3/4 of the steel crucible is within 300 to 600 degrees of melting temperature
@gravy60098 жыл бұрын
make a vid on how you made that forge :)
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+Matt Graves /watch?v=ERFHI8csAYM
@SuperHurdman7 жыл бұрын
what is the difference in price being done like this compared if you were to leave it in a wire form
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
not sure on that but a guess would be like 50to 90 cents
@clintjackson97786 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a build of this furnace
@12345boehm6 жыл бұрын
/watch?v=ERFHI8csAYM is the video of the build
@ciprianoleuteriojr19369 жыл бұрын
that nice melting
@kevinfuchs96538 жыл бұрын
Is that a charcoal furnace you are using? Maybe got a video how you made the furnace?
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
just a propane furnace link on how to build it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7h2e6xpyNmliYE.html
@leapinglemur4527 жыл бұрын
How do you protect yourself from the fumes? The fumes from welding, melting ect. aluminum are very dangerous.
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
most of time just go up wind
@elcreador66756 жыл бұрын
Excelente🌎
@Cmcmillen777 жыл бұрын
What do u do with the ingots after? Where did u get all this material to melt down?
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
got it all from scraping and cleaning up around the yard. just stacking them up for now
@numidianking97599 жыл бұрын
I love that
@babajancenter-pb8oo9 жыл бұрын
hey nice work man do you use any powder to melt the copper or you just use fire only
@12345boehm9 жыл бұрын
just the propane burner from the side with a separate 90 angle pipe to move the flame directly underneath the crucible.
@gurmeetsingh-wo6vq6 жыл бұрын
Which kind of air blower, oil or gas are u using,,can you show me that
@12345boehm5 жыл бұрын
the cheapest hair dryer from the store and ran of propane through the weed burner
@jamierochlitz35424 жыл бұрын
What happens if you mix them? Can you make copper that is less likely to oxidate
@12345boehm4 жыл бұрын
not sure i have never tried to mix before but probably be something like brass but instead of zinc has aluminum
@XXplaythegamesXX8 жыл бұрын
bohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh , I LIKE THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Mirandorl6 жыл бұрын
4:27 one seriously powerful hairdryer
@justinfoster61355 жыл бұрын
I know what your thinking the hairdryer made it so hot
@master1900mc7 жыл бұрын
What fuel are you using to melt copper? Is charcoal enough or you need other things like propane?
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
just propane, on my very first foundry i used charcoal and it works pretty good to melt copper
@master1900mc7 жыл бұрын
12345boehm that's good. I don't know if charcoal is indeed cheper than propane (I guess it is). Also I think charcoal is way easier to use and less risky
@Gdog19207 жыл бұрын
How much does it cost to melt aluminum and is it worth the time and money to do it for scrapping?
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
you can make a small profit melting it down but it is mostly for the fun of it and i don't worry about making a profit or not
@Jspilman275 жыл бұрын
Yes you can I built one very similar to the one in the video using waste oil. Fill the trunk of your car and the back seat full of bars compared to truck loads of aluminum. Also I get paid 50 % more for bars i melt down copper windings from transformers that would be classified as shit copper. After they are meted they are clean bright
@timmahh92018 жыл бұрын
Where did you find that crucible if you bought it
@12345boehm8 жыл бұрын
+Timmahh The Dank Master i build that one of of a pipe and steel plate i found around in junk pile lol
@Indiana_James7 жыл бұрын
are you mostly scrapping this material? or are you saving it to cast things later?
@12345boehm7 жыл бұрын
i am saving most of it for later
@thomasr.miller55537 жыл бұрын
Great Video , Now show us how to make free methane for that furnace so we can make a profit on smelting ..Thanks.