Looking for a smelter build thread

[BMH]

As the title says im looking for a build thread about someone who built a smelting pot from an old gas bottle but i can't seem to find it, i am pretty sure it was on here i saw it so if anyone can point it out to me it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Bryan

 

[webferret]

when u find it it is a furnace. not a smelter . smelting is extracting metal from ore

 

[the snooper]

look here

 

[demag]

Have a look in the forum here www.alloyavenue.com
There's tons of them.

 

[BMH]

Thanks the snooper thats the one i was looking for, and thanks demag i'm going to have a good look through there tonight.

Thanks Bryan

 

[the snooper]

also have a look here BackyardMetalcasting.com

plenty of info there

 

[the artfull-codger]

when u find it it is a furnace. not a smelter . smelting is extracting metal from ore

Be wary of what you see on the net, there's some right w**kers out there purporting to be ''foundrymen'' ANY clown can melt[or ''smelt''] as they seem to think they're doing & pour it into tart tins with sandals & shorts on, then loads or replies praising their apparent ''success & expertise'' my favourite is myfordboy, he really knows what he's doing & I respect him, I built my 1st foundry over 40 yrs ago, [burned out & subsiquently replaced] I started with coke [no not that sort] & i use it in all my furnaces,I can melt Iron with ease allthough I usually cast brass/bronze & alloy. The reason I never went down the gas fired route is that it does all I require it's fairly cheap & it's allways available as we have a rayburn so bunkers full of the stuff!! & all the old foundry's used to have pit furnaces coke fired, I allways use salamander crucibles.
slan go fol.