Melting furnace

bgold110 - Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 4:41pm

Does anyone have, or know someone who has, a small melting furnace they'd like to sell.... for melting silver and copper for casting jewelry?
I refuse to pay for a new one.
Please advise.... thank you.

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casting

visitor - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 12:00am

You can buy a crucible from Rio Grande for about $15 which you can melt your metal in to cast.

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melting furnace

visitor - Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 9:29am

I realize that, but I don't have any assistance, so I want to make this as safe as possible for a one person operation. Besides, my space is limited and I don't have the room to set up the tanks safely.

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Small Melting Furnace

peggy - Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 1:09pm

Hi bgold110,

I'm not sure what you consider 'small'. I have a 1kg Rio Automatic Melting Furnace. I bought it from Rio Grande for $500. I use it for bronze, fine silver, & sterling silver, and it works really well. I bought it because my acetlylene/air set up wasn't really hot enough to melt metal efficiently. If you have an oxy/gas torch, using it with a clay/silica crucible would be the most economical way to go. Also, Tim McCreight's "Practical Casting, A Studio Reference" gives instructions for homemade setups for melting metal.

Peggy

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how much do you want to sell it for

visitor - Friday, December 4, 2009 - 1:43am

how big and how much you asking for the furnace temp hightest degree thank you hbender@cogeco.ca

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Metal Melting

peggy - Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 1:16pm

Hi bgold110,

Another thought on this subject: Before I bought my little furnace, I used a small Paragon Quickfire kiln attached to rheostat from a soldering iron (this allowed me to control the amount of current), with a graphite crucible. This worked reasonably well - heating up took a while & controlling the temps was a little tricky.

Peggy

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Melting Furnace

visitor - Friday, April 3, 2009 - 11:22am

Hello,
www.foundry101.com has furnaces starting at $265.
Their furnaces reach 2400F and melt gold, silver, bronze etc.
Have a lovely day!
Donna

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Rio Automatic Melting Furnace (1kg) for sale

visitor - Friday, May 1, 2009 - 7:56am

Still interested in buying? I have one for sale that has hardly been used. My grandpa bought it but his health has declined and can't make jewelry anymore. I can be contacted at mybabyfazzo@hotmail.com.

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