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Aluminum melting
ILoveCats:
Sorry if I missed this but... What's the objective actually? I mean other than just melting stuff. Isn't it more cost effective to take the cans to Scrappy's to sell em for a few cents a pound?
unfy:
Canpac here in Omaha looks to be $0.25 a pound, and the standard web coupon gets it to $0.30 a pound.
I might have ... 30lbs ? I dunno. That's all of $9.
If it's 50/50, then 15lbs of ingots looks to go for about $50-$60 plus shipping (ebay, rotometals, etc).
addenum:
Ok, and lets add say $12 in charcoal to do all the melting (truly dunno how much I'll need, btw, this was a 2 bag guess). Also get experience in the whole process and learn something new :D
As a cute side note - the first time I melted lead for making ingots, the pot I used burned through just like this crucible did hehe :P
Mali:
Unfy,
I haven't had time to try this approach, but this video seems to make a pretty good crucible and foundry that would work better for you:
The surprise of what he creates from the melted aluminum was so appropriate. ;)
The video for for actually melting the cans (10-12 cans/min) and creating aluminum ingots is here:
He found 38-45 cans creates 1lb of aluminum to be sold or used for casting.
Phantom:
Is it just me ....or
when Unfy posts one of these and then talks about safety. :o
Like me does everyone else look around for Minions ? ;D
Mali:
--- Quote from: Phantom on September 14, 2015, 02:32:46 PM ---Is it just me ....or
when Unfy posts one of these and then talks about safety. :o
Like me does everyone else look around for Minions ? ;D
--- End quote ---
No, I agree. Unfy talking safety does make me wonder sometimes. :D
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