FILENAMES: furnace3.jpg DESCRIPTION: This a picture of a home built gas fired metal melting furnace. Thanks to Gary Brady . Gary provided the following description: >This is a picture of my gas fired furnace that I built for melting aluminum >and other metals. Not pictured here is the blower, which was salvaged from >an electric clothes dryer. The furnace uses propane for fuel and can melt >a pot of aluminum in about 15 minutes. > >I built the furnace using guidelines from Dave Gingery's "Building the >Crucible Furnace", and a series of articles titled "Home Shop Metal Melter" >that ran in Home Shop Machinist about 10 years ago. This furnace shares >features from both sources. > >I used a 14" oil drum for the body. The refractory lining is Kast-O-Lite 30 >by A.P. Green Industries. The burner is composed mostly of standard pipe >fittings. The only unique part of the burner is the "flame stabilizer tip" >which promotes smooth burning with no blowout. > >I've only melted aluminum thus far, but I think that the blower volume is >insufficient for hotter temperatures (as required for cast iron). > >If you have questions, email me at Gourdhedd@aol.com.