Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Melting scrap aluminium for casting with the brick furnace using waste oil as heat source. See my other 80 Vids for how to build these burners and how they work. Please don't forget to like, comment and share this vid around.
Waste oil provides a cheap and powerful fuel for melting all metals from aluminium casting through to cast iron.
This was the first time I have fired an oil burner in a long time but it lit right up and without trouble.
As it's been a while I thought I'd go over the setup of how this works yet again as I am always getting questions and maybe some people will not have seen my vids before.
The Aluminium melted much quicker in the furnace with the waste oil burner firing it up than with the wood I tried last time. I could have done better with the wood but using an oil burner if far easier and provides loads more heat with better control.
The furnace is made of Common house bricks. I used a clay and sand mix as a refractory but will re do it using some wire as a binder for it to stick to so it does not crumble as much.
Melting scrap aluminium for casting with the brick furnace using waste oil as heat source. See my other 80 Vids for how to build these burners and how they work. Please don't forget to like, comment and share this vid around.
Waste oil provides a cheap and powerful fuel for melting all metals from aluminium casting through to cast iron.
This was the first time I have fired an oil burner in a long time but it lit right up and without trouble.
As it's been a while I thought I'd go over the setup of how this works yet again as I am always getting questions and maybe some people will not have seen my vids before.
The Aluminium melted much quicker in the furnace with the waste oil burner firing it up than with the wood I tried last time. I could have done better with the wood but using an oil burner if far easier and provides loads more heat with better control.
The furnace is made of Common house bricks. I used a clay and sand mix as a refractory but will re do it using some wire as a binder for it to stick to so it does not crumble as much.
