If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the ...

An advantage of resistance heating furnace is that it can be sealed and a protective gaseous atmosphere can be used to minimize oxidation at high temperatures. Resistance heating is commonly used with ...

Arc melting furnace can melt metals and alloys at over 3000°C with the aid of the electric arc between the non-consumable tungsten electrode and the copper crucible. Therefore, the arc furnace is a ...

In a new twist, [Rulof Maker] strips all that out and uses just the metal case to make a furnace for melting aluminum, copper and bronze. His heat source is a quartet of 110 volt, 450 watt ...

one specializing in Metal Casting and the other in Glass Casting. Courses are taught extensively in both areas from sophomore through to graduate level. The Foundry comprises of furnaces to melt iron, ...