My Electric Foundry

I build an electric foundry designed to melt 4kg of aluminium in a ingot.

power: 1800w

ceramic whool.

inox steel case.

kanthal a1 24 wire.

I use a electric drill with a steel rod to make the coils. two coils of 900w each

In order to have the maximun eficiency, i designed a long crucible steel for high surface too heat.

Some exterior parts like the bottom and the top are made form aluminium sheet

ceramic whool. take care when manipulating ceramic whool. its like fiberglass

It works pretty well, i get so hot that melt the bottom of the steel crucible, i should buy a graphite crusible and try to melt steel in there.

thanks for watching