[TheForge] Smelting metal in your microwave oven

[Ben Barrett]

Well said, Bruce.  I was thinking that, well, many places will not allow
combustion devices that would allow microwaves, but this looks like a
horrible process that you would not want to do inside anyway!
All the same, I like that it defies the usual teaching of never ever
putting metal in the microwave.

Somewhat related, there exist "microwave glass kilns" which can be used for
fusing/slumping/etc, that is similarly neato, in regard to being an
alternate method.  Sorry to be getting off-topic, but I love the curiosity
and critical thinking of this group!

Also, old microwaves can often be had for cheap or free, and in some places
kilowatts are pretty cheap and regionally produced :)

cheerio,

Ben



On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gaaaa!!!
>
> Why can't people get the difference between "melting" (what he did)
> and "smelting" (reducing metal from its ore)?!  Pardon me for being
> annoyed at this, but there's so much of the ignorant stuff "going
> around" these days...
>
> Not to mention he got about 3 fluid oz. of molten tin out of the thing
> -- before it caught fire.  He could have done that as quick with a
> propane torch!  But I guess he doesn't consider that techy enough.
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Rob Fertner <rfertner at cox.net> wrote:
> > I hope everyone's Christmas was good. Here's something metal related:
> > http://hackaday.com/2011/12/19/smelting-metal-in-your-microwave-oven/
> >
> > Rob
> >
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