cast iron melt

[dallen]

I just happen to use the ceramic fiber to light it with cause there is usually some scrapes laying around, a rag on a wire soaked in oil will do the same thing, and the wire will stop it from being blown out into the grass. We have the same problem of grass fires here, this year not so much cause we received about 2 feet of rain in the Month of May.

I use a thin piece of Ply if I have some laying around something like 6 Mil cut in a rough circle a little bigger then the bottom of the crucible, it works better then paper cause it leaves a thicker layer of charcoal that doesn't burn out because it can't get any oxygen until you open the furnace and pull the crucible.

The furnace sits about half way under the roof, and its only about 5 feet over the top of the furnace. if your roof is 20 feet I would give it a try inside, but remember these things pump out tons of CO and CO2 which can sneek up and put you to sleep for a long time so open all the windows.

Glad you liked the video, I think its just neater then most things to be able to melt something like Cast Iron and make something from it.

I need to go back and look at your burner setup.

David

David