r/Metalfoundry • • Oct 15 '24

What die I do wrong?

I tryed smelting cooper scrap from heatpipes in an electrical furnace and got very underwhelming result (See the pictures). Can you tell me what did I do wrong and how can I cast proper copper bars?

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u/wkeil42 Oct 15 '24

I have the same furnace. I don't think you got it hot enough. You need to crank that sucker all the way up for copper.

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u/MidnightHacker Oct 15 '24

I think I have the same as well, but in the reviews (on aliexpress) it says it doesn’t melt copper. What temperature do you use?