Aug 26, 2019 · Difficulty melting copper Discussion in ' General foundry chat ' started by FKreider, Aug 26, 2019.

Feb 24, 2025 · So this system is OK, and will melt tin bronze fine, so it obviously reaches bronze melting point easily enough. But today I had about a kilo of copper and after more than an hour, it still hadn't …

Dec 9, 2021 · Namely, my interest is, how realistic is it to have a single power supply to power an inductive melting furnace for melting a range of metals with melting temperatures up to say iron, or …

Aug 26, 2019 · Difficulty melting copper Discussion in ' General foundry chat ' started by FKreider, Aug 26, 2019.

Apr 29, 2024 · Doing it this way I can melt copper in about 25 minutes but the sputtering will start about 10 or 15 minutes in which makes it very hard to keep heat in the furnace. My furnace has a cracked …

Apr 4, 2023 · I get copper from old cable and electric motors, it takes some effort to salvage the copper. Also I found that phosphor copper shot is needed for copper castings to remove the oxygen …

Dec 8, 2021 · Copper melting on charcoal fire and my memories Discussion in ' Furnaces and their construction ' started by metallab, Dec 8, 2021.

Jan 22, 2025 · Mark's castings Gold It's a good idea to segregate aluminium and copper alloy crucibles: aluminium greatly increases fluidity of brasses and bronzes but can cause porosity in copper alloys. …

Jun 30, 2024 · Arc melting: why don't steel electrones not sustain arc ? Discussion in ' General foundry chat ' started by metallab, Jun 30, 2024.

Jul 25, 2022 · I have used 15% phos copper shot many times and added it to the surface of the metal and it works well. When I melted fine copper wire a lot more than usual had to be added because …