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- #54,184 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
- #13 in Metal Casting Machines
Joseph Bacorn
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2024
This product does what it says it will do. I melted down several garbage bags of pop cans and made a couple aluminum ingots. The crucible is showing cracking after this one session, but it was probably my fault as a beginner. The tongs are functional, but not overly sturdy. The mold works well. I used most of a propane bottle to get this done, so it will take some time to get to temp and melt. It's not a bad product. For the price paid, the quality was just fine.
yatsinglee
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024
The metal is thin.After just one use, the surface started to warp, which might be due to poor insulation. The metal deformed when exposed to high temperatures. It's not worth the price.
W.R.
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
How easy it was to assemble. I use it to melt various types of metal. It's cut down length of time it takes to perform a melt in half. It works great. It would be better if it came with a lid that swung open and shut down instead of having to use the tongs to take it off the furnace and set it down somewhere safe.
david
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2024
Handle melted off almost immediately. Maybe use sturdier materials around high temperatures? Burner nozzles are cast iron and will burn off over time. Still works, but could be made of better materials. Valves and piping...really everything could be made better, but for a starter furnace it's fine.You WILL need to get a set of tongs and grips for the large crucible. DO NOT try to use the tongs to lift.The igniter was broken to begin with, and the gloves provided are worthless.
Kenneth P. Barbano
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2024
Very easy to assemble and simple to use if safety precautions are observed. This kiln melted 1 Kg of scrap copper in about 20 minutes from start up to pour. My electric kiln couldn't do it in an hour. Very efficient and I recommend it.
Johnnie Merritt
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
Melted copper, tried lifting the smallest supplied crucible with the tongs in the kit and the crucible edge broke off and spilled 8 pounds of copper inside the furnace. Tipped the furnace over to get the bulk of the copper out. This resulted in the rivets on the lid handle melting, as they were made of aluminum. The package should include a lifting tong and better crucibles. The provided gloves had incomplete stitching which allowed some of the metal to burn my hand when the crucible dropped back into the furnace. Thank goodness it did not break at my feet. I am ordering some lifting tongs and pure graphite crucibles. I do not know if the insulation is compromised, but will find out on the next attempt. I purchased this product thinking it was well rated. I am now doubting the Amazon rating system.
Karen D.
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2024
We had it set up and running in minutes. Seems well made and easy to use. Happy with the purchase.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
RECIEVED A PRODUCT BUT IT HAD A DEFECT-CONTACTED SELLER -HAD A REPLY IN MINUTES-OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE-OUTSTANDING PROBLEM RESOLUTION-HIGHEST QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER SEEN-HIGH QUALITH PRODUCT-HATS OFF TO HOW YOU RUN YOUR COMPANY
GW
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023
16 kg Furnace delivered quickly. Unit seems to be well made & sturdy. Has everything you need to get started (you have to supply the propane). Tong set is shipped separately from the furnace unit. Easy to assemble. Recommend this 16 kg furnace or the 25 kg furnace (I bought one of those as well) to anyone that has large scrap metal to melt down. Seller responds quickly to questions. Great for large quantity melts.
Gotox
Reviewed in Canada on November 6, 2023
Sturdy, well insulated, easy to assemble. As a beginner in the metal melting business, I would've liked to know beforehand that the ceramic fiber needs to be sealed to avoid health hazard to the lungs (silica particles are very dangerous). Still 5 star because I should've done my homework. For those who wonder, I'm starting this in 3 steps. 1. 2 coats of Cab-O-Sil as a rigidizer (don't bother buying premixed rigidizer, Cab-O-Sil is a lot cheaper). 2. 2-3 1/8th of an inch coats of satanite ( to get 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch total), then fire the furnace at low temp for ~45 sec then let it cool, repeat the firing at medium temp for a minute then let it cool, repeat again at high temp for 2 min and let it cool. And finally 3. A thin layer of ITC-100 (1/16 to 1/8 of an inch) and do the gradual firing and cooldown sequence again. Then you're good to go. This is what I'm doing, it's not the only viable option, I suggest that you do some research before starting and find what coating suits your forge best.The final coating of itc-100 isn't yet applied and it already burn hot enough to melt a piece of vintage cast iron weight that was making a gap in the door to cure the satanite.
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