With a few household tools you can make your own ceramic crucible and begin melting things such as your broken jewelry and other scraps of metals that can be sold.
Diy ceramic crucible.
Crucibles are indispensable tools especially when you love doing projects that need metal mixing and molding.
However when these crucibles are placed into a direct air blast usually a furnace they are prone to oxidation and will eventually fail.
I decided to make a cheap diy crucible to last one or two casting sessions.
Ceramic crucibles are used for science experiments and for melting down materials such as metals.
While cutting into them is dangerous i decided to do just that.
Due to some of my experiments in filling 1lb propane tanks i have some empty tanks.
The melting of metals is a serious undertaking for the home hobby foundry worker your personal safety well being could be jeopardised if you choose to use poorly made thin walled mild steel crucibles.
Until i decide to invest in good tools i needed a cheap solution.
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This is just to see if i like casting metal.
Your crucible must hold molten metal efficiently without melting itself as well.
To prevent your metals from being contaminated by an oxidized metal crucible you can make your own clay graphite crucible that can better withstand heat.
Silicon carbide clay graphite or diy steel crucibles which type is best.