The cast iron thread

[Dirtman]

It's heavy and awkward to pickup empty, with my hands, forget full of lead and using tongs.

There is a special tool to pick it up, sorta like a bucket with a clamp around it on a stick that tilts so it can be poured. With the bigger ones it's a two man job.

 

[sgtsandman]

I'm with Dirtman. It's a crucible for melting metal.

 

[Roert42]

Looks like i'm going to start melting down old beer cans into Ingots.

 

[Shran]

I have slowly been collecting materials to build a furnace so that I can melt aluminum and brass/bronze. Sand casting things just looks like a ton of fun.

 

[Dirtman]

I'm trying to figure out how to melt and cast tungsten... Considering most things on earth melt at lower temperatures than tungsten, I'm not having much luck. Lead is slowly being banned and the only viable option for weight is tungsten or gold. I don't have enough gold.

 

[97RangerXLT]

I'm trying to figure out how to melt and cast tungsten... Considering most things on earth melt at lower temperatures than tungsten, I'm not having much luck. Lead is slowly being banned and the only viable option for weight is tungsten or gold. I don't have enough gold.

Sintering.

 

[Roert42]

I'm trying to figure out how to melt and cast tungsten... Considering most things on earth melt at lower temperatures than tungsten, I'm not having much luck. Lead is slowly being banned and the only viable option for weight is tungsten or gold. I don't have enough gold.

Tungsten fishing weights?

 

[Dirtman]

Yessir

 

[Roert42]

Yessir

https://translate.googleusercontent...8.html&usg=ALkJrhgyu8iirX7NfTPFBrLLZEp5BKzldQ

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Graphite seems to be the key.

 

[Dirtman]

Linky no worky...

 

[sheep herder]

Linky no worky...

You need a melting pot made of depleted uranium to melt tungsten.

 

[Roert42]

Linky no worky...

Плавим вольфрам на коленке - ЯПлакалъ

На днях заезжал к родителям и обнаружил одну интересную штуку, собранную в далёком 1998 году. Тогда я только отбыл воинскую повинность и мы зимним вечером с друзьями завели спор о том можно ли в домашних условиях отлить медную детальку. Нужно было сделат...

www.yaplakal.com

For whatever reason, the translated version of the webpage will not link. But the original language will.
Have fun with the Cyrillic letters.

 

[Dirtman]

Hmmmm so the first step would be to move to russia... Gotcha.

 

[Roert42]

Hmmmm so the first step would be to move to russia... Gotcha.

Essentially you make a cistern out of graphite ingots, then hook wires to it to heat it up with electricity.

The link is a story about a guy melting two pieces of tungsten together on a bet.

graphite has a melting point of 3600*c and tungsten 3422*c.

 

[Uncle Gump]

My mom wanted to go to Goodwill and look around... so I took her. I walked around and happened onto a corn muffin maker for $1.99. No makers marks... but it doesn't say made in China. It feels pretty heavy... and looks like someone made muffins in it once before seasoning it. I guess I'm going to try a stiff bristle brush to clean it up and see if I can season it.

So my new collection begins... This time I will probably keep it