Anyone here cast metal with a home foundry/furnace?

Pour the molten aluminum into anthills.

Go to tire shops and ask for their used wheel balance weights. Melt them down and cast lead bullets or fishing weights.

What about melting old pots and pans?

I used to

I've done a little. If you're going to try to cast actual parts for something, or a project that is particular, it pays to go ahead and get clean metal to melt down. People start with using scrap and find that the learning curve is steep with all the impurities. It just complicates the entire process. I found that out helping a guy cast parts for an old Studebaker coach car. We never could get a decent part using salvage. We did great using clean, pure brass and bronze. We did door and window handles and a couple other oddball parts.

The more I think I've seen it all, the more the world surprises me.

First we embrace the culture of the Cultural Revolution, then we embrace the backyard smelting of The Great Leap Forward.

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First we embrace the culture of the Cultural Revolution, then we embrace the backyard smelting of The Great Leap Forward.

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Throughout all of human history the most valuable man in a town was the metal worker. Seems like a step backward to regain the strength and independence of the man over mass dependence. Show me a man who can work metal before 100 kids who are enslaved by the cell phone.

I've done small stuff but really enjoy watching bigstakD on youtube. LINK

Ahh, apprenticing to become ye old silversmith, are ya?