My Homemade Metalcasting Furnace
On this page I highlight how I built my metal casting furnace. It’s a propane furnace capable of melting metals at up to 1,300 degrees F (°F). There are 2 major assemblies: The furnace housing and the burner. The housing is composed of a combination of fireclay, sand and cement; equally mixed in thirds.
An aluminum bar turning into liquid
Here some pictures of the construction and a finished casting.
The propane port on the burner The burner and regulator; and the buckets used for the furnace The finished burner assembly Making the burner out of iron pipe The burner throwing a blue propane flame Mixing the firecrete Constructing the furnace The finished furnace 1 2 The furnace melting the aluminum An aluminum ingot Aluminum melting in the furnace A casting revealed A casting after pouring Aluminum motor mount that I made
My Homemade Metalcasting Furnace
