Customer Reviews for VEVOR Propane Melting Furnace 4KG, 2462°F, Metal Foundry Furnace Kit with Graphite Crucible and Tongs, Casting Melting Smelting Refining Precious Metals Like Gold Silver Aluminum Copper Brass Bronze

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Le seul reproche est que le produit pour la fibre de céramique n'est pas fournit avec et du coup on est obliger dans acheter et ce n'est pas vendu en petite quantité. Si vous acheter ce matériel suite aux vidéos pour fondre de la canette d'aluminium et faire des lingots pour les faire reprendre a un ferrailleur, renseigné vous a combien il vous reprenne les lingots, car repris a peine plus qua la normal chez un ferrailleur, donc si vous comptez le temps passé, l'investissement en matériel et le coût du gaz, sa vas être très très long a amortir l'investissement de départ.

It’s really easy to use but the length and temperature is not accurate. I must have had it running with both propane furnaces open for around an hour and it never got hot enough to melt aluminum. I eventually just turned it off because I didn’t want to blow through a perfectly good propane tank. I tried again on another day for 30 minutes and still only turned the aluminum to ash. Disappointed. Melts pewter super fast but so does a heat gun lol.

Like how the furnace is sized easy to store. I was impressed how quickly the furnace melted brass.

I recently purchased this furnace and have found it to be quite impressive overall. It operates efficiently and meets the expectations set by its description.

The assembly process was straightforward, which I greatly appreciated as it allowed for quick setup and usage.

Un bon rapport qualité prix.

Je suis très content de mon achat pour le moment fait le taf

It's pretty much ready to go right out of the box, incredibly easy to use, and heats better than I was expecting. This thing is worth every penny, and if you're looking to do a little backyard smelting and forging, this is the perfect gadget to get started with.

I knew this would not fit straight to Aussie gas bottles, but I didn't know how I would solve the issue. One reviewer suggest buy a new regulator and hose set - research indicated $80-100. I found a male to male brass adapter on Amazon for $20. The Australian bottle takes a POL fitting (left hand thread, requires a wrench or handle to tighten) and the regulator is QCC-1 ( right hand thread, less than 1 turn hand tighten). The instructions did not cover sealing the carcinogenic ceramic fibres - after a couple of hours of online research, I chose refactory cement - 2 kg should do it. I used the back of a plastic teaspoon to apply and a very wet mix - I tried a brush, but it pulled at the fibres and wouldn't coat them. The instructions did not mention tempering the crucible, but another hours inline research gave me an idea how to do it. I cured the refactory cement and tempered the crucible at the same time - i only used one burner, had the valve almost closed and the regulator set at less than 5 psi. It still reached 1100c in half an hour - I would have preferred to do it more slowly - and shut it off, left the lid on and let it cool to ambient temperature overnight. The refactory has set and the crucible has a nice finish - no glassy beads. If the burners had air chokes, I feel I would have been able to temper/cure more slowly. The tongs are really only suitable for placing stock in the crucible - place it, dont drop it in. I spent an additional $500aud on a lift/pour tong set, refactory and firebricks to sit the furnace, lid and crucible on, a 2.4kg cast iron ingot mould (aluminium is 1/4 weight of gold), gas bottle adapter, automotive drip trays to heat and pour on (I’m clumsy and aluminium can explode concrete) and a laser thermometer to 1880C (pizza ones only go to 550c). I am looking forward to my first melt and pouring some ingots. The furnace seems awesome and will get hot enough to melt in 15 mins. $289 well spent!