[TheForge] reclaiming copper

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments below.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Michael Horgan wrote:

>
> Perhaps tDan and Jim are attempting to save you from (further) INJURY! 
>

i do not know what their motivation is.

i do find it difficult to believe that a schedule 80 steel pipe crucible
is going to catastrophically fail in a single use even two uses.

if i had silicon carbide crucibles small enough to fit the coffee can
foundry i would definitely use them. i do not so i am attempting to make
do with what i have on hand.

>
> Personally I'd suggest using your silicon carbide crucible that you've 
> designated as for Brass.
>

given that i am doing this by myself with no help, attempting to use the
silicon carbide crucible would be beyond my current physical abilities.

as i stated in one of my earlier messages in this thread, the small
coffee can foundries and the small schedule 80 pipe crucibles are within
my limits.

i readily agree that being burned with any amount of molten metal will
ruin a person's day, the risk associated with using the coffee can
foundry and steel crucibles in within acceptable limits for me.

being able to get $1694.70 for the copper instead of $35.00 usd is a
large amount of money for me.

my monthly income is $112.00 usd.
$1344.00 usd per year.

that $1694.70 usd is a over a year of income to me.

>
> I was lucky in that the leak in my steel crucible was facing away from me 
> when is started spraying molten bronze out the side. Now I only use Silicon 
> Carbide crucibles for aluminum and copper alloys.
>
>
> Michael D. Horgan , lughaid at earthlink.net
>

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terry l. ridder ><>