Hello, I have been thinking about making my own foundry melting copper. What I want to know is the cost of fuel used to melt the copper vs just scrapping it, worth it? I have at least 80 pounds of copper that is silver or nickle plated. The scrap yard pays less for it. IF I can melt it at a reasonable cost then maybe I will make the foundry. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, William
I've been getting into the idea of smelting. When it comes to copper; how much overhead does the foundry create? Does the gas used take a lot out of the profit?
Tomoco how high is the Psi ur using? I've made a foundry recently but it wouldn't get hot enough to melt copper. I had the psi up to 35. Also from my bell shaped reducer I went from 2 inch down to 1 n 1/2 . Yours looks like 1 n 1/4.
Great video and part. I too would like details on how you line the tank and what type of material you use for refractory(insulation). Thumbs up to you sir!
I like the simplicity of this one man system, also like the reuse of the propane tank. can it be possible to make a tutorial of building this wonderful masterpiece.
Hello again tom and everyone else who finds this awesome and wishes to build their own, I just found this tutorial of how to build one of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOq88iQg60
is propane a must to melt copper…im just doing aluminum at the moment….charcole and lost of cut wood.scrap form construction trash but works great…. your deal looks trick
thanks for the vid,try adding boric acid powder to your metal when molton to clean it, it will pull slag and will make a glass type resin over the metal it will quinch off mostlly tap off the rest.if you can get a carbon rod to skim the slag.
This is so cool. I work at my familys industrial foundry, we produce circular bars not ingots. Seeing it on a miniature scale is amazing! I could watch it for hours.
Pls I took copper ore and grinded into grit powder just like table salt mesh then fired it with charcoal and lime stone in my kiln and got blister copper but pls I want to know how to convert this blister copper into metallic copper by firing and not by electrolysis. Pls also email me at: [email protected]otmail. com
Where does the copper come from? does it condense out of the atmosphere? I never see any thing loaded into the crucible, it's like magic! what do you use 4 flux?
Totally brilliant. But why bother? Do you get more for the copper? I you put in tinned wire will it remove the tin? (I have loads of borax) and about 300kg of stripped tinned and bright cable from rewires.
Hello Sir I melted some copper in a waste oil furnace then i made some ingots for future casting but when i tried to melt the same ingots i made before i couldn't melt them in the same furnace and same temperature i don't why i failed can you give me some advices please thank you
Hi. Bloody great video. Just a question if I may ask, Could you do a step by step video on how you made you gas torch or could you make one and ship it to Australia for me please. My furnace doesn't get anywhere as hot as yours and the best I can do is Ally and even then its not staying hot enough to work with. Many Thanks
Thanks for the comment Patrick sadly ive not got time to do that at the moment but if you look at this link you can buy the same burner off ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/261409518679 Hope this helps you regards Tom.
Is there a market to sell these ingots? I have been collecting cooper for scrapping purposes, and I have the makings for a foundry. Is it worth smelting down and selling?
hey how are you using a steel crusible because I use a coal furnace and it just completely melts it and it's one quarter inch thick and it was made out of a fire extinguisher
That is a nice burner. would like to see a video of that burner. And at what level you keep the propane cylinder? coz whenever I try to fix the burner so low like that, i have this issue of propane back flowing and catching fire.
I like how you are organized! Every step is planned and safe. I would like to see how did you built that foundry, what kind of crucible do you have and from where.
I would like to get some information from you on the crucible that you're using did you make it or did you buy it if you bought it where'd you get it and what size propane tank do you use
This is genius! Here i've spent hours looking for the right sized containers to build a blast furnace, I just need the damn refractory cement! what do you use? does it last? i dont want to be casting and recasting the thing after every 4 runs….
Enjoyed your video. What's the weight on those copper bars 3lb? How much propane do you go through to do how many bars? What's the cost on propane vs quantity of bars? Example: You can do 100 bars with how much propane size and expense? What is your furnace made out of and what material is your crucible ( steel ?? ) ( concrete walls?? ) What i loved the most is you bang them out one after the next while that sucker is HOT and ready that's they way to do it brother nice…
This is awesome. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind? 1. Are you using forced air, or is your burner naturally aspirated? 2. What would you say the capacity is? Looks like the crucible is a decent size, but I know copper takes a lot of heat. How many lbs of copper do you think you could melt in one go?
Hi,need your guidance plz,I am recycling copper wires so when we r recycling some of the copper goes to plastic side some copper and plastic goes to dust collectors,copper size is too small and also plastic can you tell me how to separate them?
Only managed to watch three quarters of it as leaving work now, but that is AMAZING ;o))))
Big thanks Rich
Nice job. Glad everything worked out.
Make metal ingots instead
Hi Tomoco i like your backyard foundry, please where you find that crucible with the hooks and the ingot mold?
is this just compressed air or some sort of fuel gas?
are you using a gas or is that air?
Hey Tom, just wondering if you were going to make a video on how to make that crucible would love to give this a try ! 😀
I love the safety gear yet he wears polyester now that's a contradiction lol.
thats got to be the neatest homemade smelter i seen
What material did you use for the crucible? And what nozzle did you use on the gasburner? And last what happens if you dont preheat the ingot mold?
I don't know why, but I could watch this for hours.
How many pre-1983's did you throw in there?
Very impressive. I wondered if it was an oil burner at first, but clearly it isn't. You should definitely check them out on youtube 😉
Hello,
I have been thinking about making my own foundry melting copper. What I want to know is the cost of fuel used to melt the copper vs just scrapping it, worth it? I have at least 80 pounds of copper that is silver or nickle plated. The scrap yard pays less for it. IF I can melt it at a reasonable cost then maybe I will make the foundry. Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
William
I've been getting into the idea of smelting. When it comes to copper; how much overhead does the foundry create? Does the gas used take a lot out of the profit?
Casually holds steaming bar of copper 0_0
Is it possible for me to melt copper using charcoal as a fuel source
the crucible is SS? im surprised it didn't melt. what temp do you pour at and what do you use to clean/flux the metal?
all the videos I seen first one where the crucible was white hot
gr8 job tyvm for sharing
hi just wondering what kind of crusable are you useing
thats a nice way to recycle an old used propane tank….better than letting it rust in a scrapyard
Tomoco how high is the Psi ur using?
I've made a foundry recently but it wouldn't get hot enough to melt copper.
I had the psi up to 35.
Also from my bell shaped reducer I went from 2 inch down to 1 n 1/2 . Yours looks like 1 n 1/4.
thats cool ….hot…can u drop insulated wire in there or do u have to strip it i want to make round cast's to turn on my lathe
How is the combustion made? just bunring gas? or with forced convection? what kind of gas btw?
Very nice. Thanks for sharing your video.
make more melting vids, this is one of the better ones on youtube
Great video. What's the average weight of the casted ingots?
Great video and part. I too would like details on how you line the tank and what type of material you use for refractory(insulation). Thumbs up to you sir!
Any info on how to make the burner and what kind of insulation did you use thank you
One more question, where do you get the crucible with the hooks on it like that and what material is it? By the way cool video
Yes please do a video on that, I am in the process of building the foundry many thanks!
I like the simplicity of this one man system, also like the reuse of the propane tank. can it be possible to make a tutorial of building this wonderful masterpiece.
Hello again tom and everyone else who finds this awesome and wishes to build their own, I just found this tutorial of how to build one of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOq88iQg60
hey guys,
we wanna put up a 1000 tons/day beneficiation plant + smelting.Can you help.?
Good rhythm you got going . Nice set up . Keep the videos coming !!
Neat, Whatcha got growing in the keg behind the furnace?
😀
is propane a must to melt copper…im just doing aluminum at the moment….charcole and lost of cut wood.scrap form construction trash but works great….
your deal looks trick
thanks for the vid,try adding boric acid powder to your metal when molton to clean it, it will pull slag and will make a glass type resin over the metal it will quinch off mostlly tap off the rest.if you can get a carbon rod to skim the slag.
Very cool bro, I dig it. I was wondering if the plastic chairs are, perhaps, too close to the work area? Cool, regardless 🙂
I have a Foundry that melts steel and iron! It's an effort to make though.
Very cool. Do you sell them?
haha I looked at the video halfway in and thought I saw the gas bottle in flames,,,its all good….nice video……. thanks
dose the SS crucible contaminate the copper?
How heavy are your bars? And do you list them as .999 copper?
This is so cool. I work at my familys industrial foundry, we produce circular bars not ingots. Seeing it on a miniature scale is amazing! I could watch it for hours.
I like your tools for lifting and pouring they look nearly identical to mine
Im on youtube looking at different people doing this and curious about the economic element to this.
I see some people just collecting copper and then I see some people like Tomoco melting down the metals.
Is there more money in producing bars? Like do companies or who ever pay bigger bucks for the bars?
Thanks in advance.
Then you make magical copper armor and go on a big adventure!
what did you line the furnace with?
When you had the pulse-jet effect and orange exhaust, was that an indicator that your air/fuel was too rich or too lean?
What are you using as fuel?
What are you using for casting?
what's your foundry made out of?
That is a very pretty stack of ingots you are making!
Pls I took copper ore and grinded into grit powder just like table salt mesh then fired it with charcoal and lime stone in my kiln and got blister copper but pls I want to know how to convert this blister copper into metallic copper by firing and not by electrolysis. Pls also email me at: [email protected]otmail. com
i have 4 copper ingots at the moment. each one is about 2.5 kg !!!
i get them regular for 150.-$ each. i asked by the time for aluminium ingots .
they make them as well . i pay 100.-$ each one , also 2.5kg .
i like , to clean them as crazy , until there shine like the sun.
aluminium ingots look like massive silver !!!
what are the price for ur ingots , and how heavy they are ??
BIG VIDEO !!!
Saskatchewan wander
Where does the copper come from? does it condense out of the atmosphere?
I never see any thing loaded into the crucible, it's like magic! what do you use 4
flux?
Graphite crucible?
Totally brilliant. But why bother? Do you get more for the copper? I you put in tinned wire will it remove the tin? (I have loads of borax) and about 300kg of stripped tinned and bright cable from rewires.
For ingots that size you need to just make an arc furnace. Less money spent on fuel, more profit. Nice work though.
Hello Sir
I melted some copper in a waste oil furnace then i made some ingots for future casting but when i tried to melt the same ingots i made before i couldn't melt them in the same furnace and same temperature i don't why i failed can you give me some advices please thank you
Is that propane only or do you have to introduce air to get it hot enough?
Hi. Bloody great video. Just a question if I may ask, Could you do a step by step video on how you made you gas torch or could you make one and ship it to Australia for me please. My furnace doesn't get anywhere as hot as yours and the best I can do is Ally and even then its not staying hot enough to work with. Many Thanks
Thanks for the comment Patrick sadly ive not got time to do that at the moment but if you look at this link you can buy the same burner off ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/261409518679 Hope this helps you regards Tom.
Hi. If i made a foundry like this. Would it be able to do aluminum and copper
Now that's [email protected]&King hot
Hi Tomoco. Does the price for the copper increase when its in an ingot and if so how much?
Is there a market to sell these ingots? I have been collecting cooper for scrapping purposes, and I have the makings for a foundry. Is it worth smelting down and selling?
Awesome video by the way, great setup!
hey how are you using a steel crusible because I use a coal furnace and it just completely melts it and it's one quarter inch thick and it was made out of a fire extinguisher
ok I'll try that I'm getting a graphite crusible shipped in from eBay soon so I won't have to worry about that anymore thanks anywhy
how many ingots do you produce with one full 30lb propane tank
hey what's the name of that mold I'm just getting in to this hobby and I'm still learning
Tell your homeowners insurance company that your doing this at home. They would like to have a chat about this.
That is a nice burner. would like to see a video of that burner. And at what level you keep the propane cylinder? coz whenever I try to fix the burner so low like that, i have this issue of propane back flowing and catching fire.
nice weed plant
This video is boring. No talking, no showing what furnace looks like inside, no explanation, whatever you're running on propane or waste oil.
I like how you are organized! Every step is planned and safe. I would like to see how did you built that foundry, what kind of crucible do you have and from where.
I would like to get some information from you on the crucible that you're using did you make it or did you buy it if you bought it where'd you get it and what size propane tank do you use
This is genius! Here i've spent hours looking for the right sized containers to build a blast furnace, I just need the damn refractory cement! what do you use? does it last? i dont want to be casting and recasting the thing after every 4 runs….
How do you make this
Enjoyed your video. What's the weight on those copper bars 3lb? How much propane do you go through to do how many bars? What's the cost on propane vs quantity of bars? Example: You can do 100 bars with how much propane size and expense? What is your furnace made out of and what material is your crucible ( steel ?? ) ( concrete walls?? ) What i loved the most is you bang them out one after the next while that sucker is HOT and ready that's they way to do it brother nice…
I wonder how much fuel was burned to make a few bucks worth of copper bars ?
This is awesome. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind?
1. Are you using forced air, or is your burner naturally aspirated?
2. What would you say the capacity is? Looks like the crucible is a decent size, but I know copper takes a lot of heat. How many lbs of copper do you think you could melt in one go?
hey is the copper worth more at the scrap yard if you smelt it?
Basically a complete waste of time. If you have time to burn keep on . Soon we all will be dead.
bcas quanta, you are dreaming to become a millionair by a backyard scrap project…all others at here like you..( sighs )
do I have to strip my wire first or can I just have it burn off ?
wielkie gowno.
Hi,need your guidance plz,I am recycling copper wires so when we r recycling some of the copper goes to plastic side some copper and plastic goes to dust collectors,copper size is too small and also plastic can you tell me how to separate them?
What did you make that out of
good deal! it looked hotter than the sun?
Too much heat
Nice vid I subbed
How to make this foundry
Nice plant in the background. Good thing it didn't go
"Up in Smoke". Lmao
Youve done thos before pilgrim..great rythum .. great lil setup .. bravo in every direction 😁