Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I had to run test this one more time after putting it all in the enclosure. It's still a little bootleg but overall will work out better. I ended up cutting some copper sheets to fit the capacitor and soldered them to the pipe to mount the cap that way. It ended up being more difficult to route everything than I thought and I needed all the extra space. Adding the bricks onto little cooling blocks saved a lot of space but when doing that you really need to make sure the water stays cold so the big fans need to stay running full blast.
When combining my previous melts to remelt the full 400+ grams I only went up to about 1100W toward the last 5 minutes. The top started melting before the bottom and I had to add another piece in there to see the point at which it fell all the way through liquid and hit the bottom of the crucible.
I had to run test this one more time after putting it all in the enclosure. It's still a little bootleg but overall will work out better. I ended up cutting some copper sheets to fit the capacitor and soldered them to the pipe to mount the cap that way. It ended up being more difficult to route everything than I thought and I needed all the extra space. Adding the bricks onto little cooling blocks saved a lot of space but when doing that you really need to make sure the water stays cold so the big fans need to stay running full blast.
When combining my previous melts to remelt the full 400+ grams I only went up to about 1100W toward the last 5 minutes. The top started melting before the bottom and I had to add another piece in there to see the point at which it fell all the way through liquid and hit the bottom of the crucible.
