If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the ...

Why induction heating? Because it’s energy efficient and doesn’t make smoke like a fuel-based furnace. Why melt aluminum in the kitchen? We’re guessing they did it just because they could.

Courses are taught extensively in both areas from sophomore through to graduate level. The Foundry comprises of furnaces to melt iron, bronze and aluminum as well as a forge. Processes include Sand ...

Western Michigan University offers a superlative student-centered metal casting experience in an environment ... investment casting (wax press, tooling and cure furnace), gas and crucible melting, ...