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Step 7Preparations...
Ready to fire it up?
Your going to need some supplies first.
Get some gloves, charcoal, Tongs (or other crucible holder), a spoon, a lighter, and some lighter fluid.
The tongs, the spoon and the Crucible need to be slightly modified.
We'll do the tongs first. Clamp them into your vise and take some pliers and bend out the end. After its bent out some take them out of the vise and place the very end in the vise and clamp down, we want them straight out to the end. After they are straight clamp them in the vise again with about 3/4 of an inch protruding out of the vise. Take a hammer and whack the protruding end till it is flush with the vise surface. Do this to both sides of the tongs.
That makes a handy crucible holder.
Now take the spoon and mate it with tape to some long object (like an aluminum pipe in my example). I tried to use the spoon as it was and my hands got QUITE toasty, within my gloves.
Now for the crucible, you simply need to drill or poke two holes in the top of the can (the crucible is a bean can). The holes need to be big enough to recieve the crucible holder.
Next test your blower and power source to make sure air is coming through the duct and into the furnace.
Once everything is ready, its time to burn!
Your going to need some supplies first.
Get some gloves, charcoal, Tongs (or other crucible holder), a spoon, a lighter, and some lighter fluid.
The tongs, the spoon and the Crucible need to be slightly modified.
We'll do the tongs first. Clamp them into your vise and take some pliers and bend out the end. After its bent out some take them out of the vise and place the very end in the vise and clamp down, we want them straight out to the end. After they are straight clamp them in the vise again with about 3/4 of an inch protruding out of the vise. Take a hammer and whack the protruding end till it is flush with the vise surface. Do this to both sides of the tongs.
That makes a handy crucible holder.
Now take the spoon and mate it with tape to some long object (like an aluminum pipe in my example). I tried to use the spoon as it was and my hands got QUITE toasty, within my gloves.
Now for the crucible, you simply need to drill or poke two holes in the top of the can (the crucible is a bean can). The holes need to be big enough to recieve the crucible holder.
Next test your blower and power source to make sure air is coming through the duct and into the furnace.
Once everything is ready, its time to burn!
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