On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Marcel Duchamp wrote: > I don't have the answers to your questions but your project reminded me > of another way to achieve your goal. Search a bit and you will find a > method of using a microwave oven to melt small amounts of castable > metals. The trick is a special crucible - it has a heat insulator on > the outside to protect the oven from the resulting high temps and a > graphite crucible inside of that with the target metal to cast within it. > > On 6/8/2014 1:09 PM, Jason White wrote: >> Recently I have been experimenting with metal castings, primarily >> aluminum as it has a nice low melting point. > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist I have thought about that, although I'm not sure if I could come up with the required materials to protect the oven. Youtube shows quite a number of them catching fire! Although I certainly will be on the lookout for ones in the garbage. --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .