Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: melting aluminium

Hi Smoke,

Don't think I'd want to mess with induction furnaces at home - a few years
ago I saw the result of an 'experimental' furnace at a local company. They
had tried to build a better induction furnace and do a melt of aluminium.
All went well until the aluminium melted then it formed itself into a
spinning ball and shot out of the top of the furnace and right through the
roof!! Luckily, only one person was seriously injured but it could have
been much worse.

Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Smoke" <gordonr@...>


> One of you electrical geniuses want to try figuring out how much
electrical
> power I'd need to melt aluminum using an AC magnetic field? Maybe I could
> build myself a simple electric melting furnace and be able to get my
> castings for the CNC (and other) machines done a lot quicker