How A Simple Hole In The Ground Can Assist You In Melting Aluminum.
How To Melt Aluminum With A Hole In The Ground — by ‘NightHawkInLight’. Need to melt those aluminum you’re planning on recycling? Instead of buying a store-manufactured furnace, why not make a cheap version by digging a hole in the ground? This’ll help keep your flames concealed, the smoke at a minimum, and at the same time, reach the desired temperature you need for melting those aluminum.
Many thanks to video creator ‘NightHawkInLight’.
I’ve been interested to try this design for use as a survivalist foundry for quite some time now. The name of this type of fire pit is a Dakota Fire Hole, and I thought with a little extra air flow provided by a fan it might have the potential for some real heat…
Items used for this project:
Shovels (both standard and narrow)
Fan
Steel pot
Channel locks or vice grips for lifting the hot crucible
Fire wood
Scrap aluminum
Safety gear (eye protection and/or face shield, non-synthetic clothes with long sleeves, closed toe boots)
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@[505987071:2048:Dustin Cole Curtiscurtis]
Yeah nice you can make molds etc.
@[582680709:2048:Billy Bragg]
:/
Nice 🙂
We did this and cast it in sand
Yeah. I’ve got ingots laying around my house…
@[100009825187873:2048:Shane James]
@[100001901927197:2048:Andrew Johnson]
Matthew Wayne Wyss
We should do this with all the parts in the back
Think we could. Get it hot enough. We got so much.
Yea