Melting metals

Members -
I suspect talking about melting metals is some what boring ,
Yet I need to know the ins and outs
does any one know of any forums about such topics .
I accidentally joined a gaming forum .then discover the bars they were melting were pixels .

Or is all I need here
Cause I bet a member out there knows about hart surgery
this forum I Have found has the most diverse people in it.
yet I don't want to start a bunch of metal melting topics if its not the thing here

You tube is good but I need to cut to the chase.

There are some topics somewhere on here about casting aluminum, not much info, but if you find the posts, you will have an idea who to ask. I would think Gustavus, or Scott would be good people to talk to as well.

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-l...inum-cans.html

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Originally Posted by Copper Head

Members -
I suspect talking about melting metals is some what boring ,
Yet I need to know the ins and outs
does any one know of any forums about such topics .
I accidentally joined a gaming forum .then discover the bars they were melting were pixels .


Or is all I need here
Cause I bet a member out there knows about hart surgery
this forum I Have found has the most diverse people in it.
yet I don't want to start a bunch of metal melting topics if its not the thing here

You tube is good but I need to cut to the chase.

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I think if you posted in this part of the forum, it might help generate discussions on the topic:

Metal Casting - Scrap Metal Forum

Start a new thread and ask your question, and I'll try to answer if I can. I do a lot of melting, pouring and even some casting besides bars.

There is a forum that relates to what you are looking for, and even though it's a good place to post, I would still also do so here. In doing so you might be able to get answers there and post here to jump start the section I posted above. That would be awesome, I would really like to see more discussions about metal work.

Here is the forum:

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Scott

Melting metals for me - Lead bars - Zinc Bars -
I have learned how forced air to a fire causes lots of heat when fire is encased .
Charcoal , hard wood . soft wood - allow for different heat & how long the extreme heat will last , At the curb OAK furniture trash is a fine source of long lasting heat. I have yet to try Cole .
So the inspiration - - Some metals we find can be melted into bars and are easy to sell as such . As it stands we as scrappers just keep giving away our finds like there is no tomorrow for at best 1/2 value .
We need to store away some of our finds in the form of Bars . saving 10% or less to have when you need rainy day money .
I did read on a post some place here that melted bars yards don't trust .Truth is a good yard has Hand-held metal analyzers
This is changing the operations of many scrap yards . We can capitalize on this in the future.
I have noticed to myself some of my ideas & thoughts come to pass, not acting on a hunch is a loss.
what we find is going to dry up & I see this type of work will take its toll on your body .save some while we can.



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