ladle of molten iron has the rough equivalent explosive energy of half a case of 40% dynamite. Has YOUR "research" covered how dangerous molten metal is? I'm not talking oopsie I got a blister dangerous, I'm talking about hospital burn clinic, disfigurement, disability or death dangerous. Very different process, equipment and danger level. Melting produces liquid metal suitable for pouring casts. Smelting is refining a metal from ore and rarely if ever produces something useful for casting without further refinement. No experience smelting and you FEEL you're qualified to criticize those with experience eh? Kfartha was unsure what he was talking about, as explained I don't know how many hundreds of times already, smelting and melting are two different things. You'll learn more in an hour with an experienced smith than many times as the time trying to figure it out on your own. If you'll put your general location in the header you might have a chance to hook up with a member who lives within visiting distance. Welcome aboard Newblacksmith, glad to have you. Steel is not practical or realistic for a home foundry. I'm willing to bet that almost all hobby foundries lack the necessary fine control and metallurgy requirements to get a known, useable steel. Unless you want to make small amounts of crucible steel for whatever purpose, I would forget about casting steel in a home foundry. You are going to go through a lot of propane for not a very large melt. And, even though propane can get to cast iron temps, it's not the most efficient way to do it. You will need some seriously upgraded safety gear. Steel would need to be poured somewhere around 3000F, so even hotter than you would pour cast iron. The only way to counteract this is to use a sealed crucible, and you probably aren't going to pour it into anything.Ĭast iron is no joke safety wise, it's an order of magnitude hotter than copper when the iron is at pouring temp, and tends to spatter when spilled. Whatever steel you start with, the best you are going to come out with is poor quality cast iron.
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