- First aluminium ingot
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Isn't he cute
Finally got to fire up the new home made forge today. Finished it days ago but s**ty Melbourne weather put a stop to using it.
Went the DIY option. This is it... First picture open, second with a lid (still to be cleaned up a bit) to trap heat around the crucible but let me drop metal in for melting, or hold in for forging.
Made of plaster of paris and sand mix in a galvanized steel bucket.
Blower is made from a hair dryer just the fan and the body, no heating element and fed power by an old hard drive power supply.
Crucible is a coffee milk jug.
Casting the ingots in a muffin tray.
Fuel is charcoal briquettes heat on the bbq, light with gas torch then just fed air by the blower.
- Forge
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- forge lid
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- forge blower
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- crucible
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Not bad for $60 of stuff.
Bit of fun doing it all, super satisfied to cast the first ingot.
More to come
Edit: Here it is in action. Just dropped the ali bars in after the crucible began glowing.