Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
How to melt aluminium with an easy built furnace using wood for fuel. Sorry to all the environmental nazis and saftey crybabies but I haven't hurt or killed myself by not wearing gloves or breathing in a bit of smoke mush as you all predicted.... endlessly.
I'm back to do more vids for you to cry and sook about while ignoring so many other things that are actually significant to your complaining that you choose to overlook in order to elevate your own non existent status.
I built the furnace using common house bricks and a clay sand mix. I fired the furnace up just blowing air in through a gap I left in the bricks with a Jumping castle Blower. Being wood fired it melted the aluminium much slower than it would have with an oil burner and not anywhere near as well. That said, It did work and could be made to work even better for those that wanted to use the wood fired method.
I made a mistake in that I should have raised the crucible up on a bit of metal so the air was not directly blowing on and cooling the crucible. Normally with an oil fired burner this wouldn't be a problem As I designed the setup where the crucible would be hit with flame but I was a bit out of my depth with wood. :0)
Next Vid I'll go back to what I know and fire the furnace up with Oil burning power and really melt that Ally and a lot more. I'm also thinking about lining the furnace so I can use it as a scrapping furnace.
Thank you to all that have messaged and asked about me while I have been away from doing Vids. Your concern and thought was very much appreciated and touching through a very difficult time and meant a great deal to me. I hope to be able to stay motivated and do more vids with a range of different subjects.
How to melt aluminium with an easy built furnace using wood for fuel. Sorry to all the environmental nazis and saftey crybabies but I haven't hurt or killed myself by not wearing gloves or breathing in a bit of smoke mush as you all predicted.... endlessly.
I'm back to do more vids for you to cry and sook about while ignoring so many other things that are actually significant to your complaining that you choose to overlook in order to elevate your own non existent status.
I built the furnace using common house bricks and a clay sand mix. I fired the furnace up just blowing air in through a gap I left in the bricks with a Jumping castle Blower. Being wood fired it melted the aluminium much slower than it would have with an oil burner and not anywhere near as well. That said, It did work and could be made to work even better for those that wanted to use the wood fired method.
I made a mistake in that I should have raised the crucible up on a bit of metal so the air was not directly blowing on and cooling the crucible. Normally with an oil fired burner this wouldn't be a problem As I designed the setup where the crucible would be hit with flame but I was a bit out of my depth with wood. :0)
Next Vid I'll go back to what I know and fire the furnace up with Oil burning power and really melt that Ally and a lot more. I'm also thinking about lining the furnace so I can use it as a scrapping furnace.
Thank you to all that have messaged and asked about me while I have been away from doing Vids. Your concern and thought was very much appreciated and touching through a very difficult time and meant a great deal to me. I hope to be able to stay motivated and do more vids with a range of different subjects.
