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    Electric metal melting furnace

    Good afternoon!
    I was looking to gather some information on electric metal melting furnaces.. I think maybe they’re called induction furnaces. Anyway, they are pretty pricey, from 300-600 dollars. The ones I am looking at have a square base with a cylindrical top for the graphite clay crucible.

    Does anyone know what kind of brick and mortar store would carry these? Or a national chain that has them? I need to go in and LOOK at them and ask questions. I know I can buy them online, but I want to see one before I drop that kind of money.

    Thank you for any advice and direction you might have!
    Viro


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    Bought mine on Amazon . EBay has them too.
    If your a DIY type person you can google instructions on how to make one.

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    Bought the $400 one on amazon, works very well for smelting aluminum. If you're planning to do any kind of copper smelting I would recommend the more expensive $800ish one. Pretty much any smelter that maxes out at 1150 C is worthless when it comes to smelting any form of copper wire that's not barebrite or actual chunks of copper.

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    I have the dual station 15 KVA induction furnace, now that I'm settled in back home time to set this beast back up and do some small castings.

    The induction furnace will melt almost every metal known to man which gives me an opportunity to experiment with stainless steel and a few other exotics.


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    I want one to melt all my screws together into one lump.

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