Back in May of 2008, I started my first ever melting adventure. I have spent 6 months and a few hundred dollars to build this furnace which was inspired by a few websites and a goal to build a project I had in mind. As you can see I am using a copper pipe to push down the pop cans I was testing to melt. I don't remember how many I put in, but it was enough to form a good size ingot.
Here I am pouring my first ingot. You probably can't see it very good but it was nice and shiny and had a similar look as murcury before it solidified as a aluminum ingot.
This is what the furnace looked like after, I would dare say it got close to 1300 to 1500' F which aluminum melts to a liquid around 1100 to 1200' F. This was just wood and briquettes and it didn't get as hot as I wanted it to. In order to melt copper I would need it to reach 1800' F plus to do anything. So my next melt I'm going to use briquettes and coal.
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