How To Melt Aluminum Into Sheets

Fire up the kiln or furnace to 1220 f.

How to melt aluminum into sheets.

The only cost here is the charcoal fuel duct tape and the 1 yard sale hair dryer. Place a plexiglass sheet on large pan and place on the middle oven rack. Put the aluminum into the pot and turn up the power gradually until the aluminum starts to melt. Let the foundry heat for about 10 minutes before placing aluminum inside of it.

The large pan prevents the plexiglass from coming into contact with the hot rack which can distort the plexiglass due to uneven heating. Once the crucible is glowing orange the foundry is hot enough to melt aluminum. Add baking powder and mix to remove air and trapped gases that may cause air holes in metal later. Place hardened aluminum into a bucket of cold water using steel tongs.

To cool it down faster use steel tongs to place the aluminum into a bucket of cold water. Use a long metal ladle to scoop off the stuff that floats to the top when the aluminum is melted called dross. Blowtorch melting some aluminum sheet. The temperature in the foundry will need to be above 1220 degrees fahrenheit 660 degrees celsius.

Most of the materials to build this can be found in dumpsters. Heat for approximately five minutes. This uses bbq charcoal as the fuel and a hair dryer as the blower it ll melt a small batch of aluminum in about 10 minutes. The aluminum will melt almost immediately once it reaches this temperature.

Once the aluminum has hardened it is still much too hot to touch with your bare hands. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees f. After about 10 seconds the aluminum will still be hot but safe to touch with your bare hands. Place the lid on the foundry and let it warm up.

Blowtorch melting some aluminum sheet. Using tool remove all the lumpy slag from the aluminum. Melting scrap aluminum into ingots 110kg or 242lb duration. Load your cans into the container you re using as a crucible and place the crucible inside the kiln.

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