How to melt aluminum in your backyard

I've bought and studied the Gingery books from Lindsay Tech Books <

> and studied them, very interesting, and open your eyes to the fact that there are usually several ways to get things done.

has a lot of info, and a very knowledgable discussion forum. They even have info on that grease-powered furnace.

I've melted aluminum in a coffee can surrounded by charcoal and fed with a hairdryer, used a propane weedburner in a pottery kiln, and a old vacuum cleaner setup as an oxygen lance to get a brushpile hot enough that it melted a half gallon cast iron pot full of pistons and scrap.

Melting aluminum isn't hard, it's doing it safely that matters. I always use welding gloves, a leather jacket, boots, a plexi face shield, and like having a bed of sand under everything.

Have fun, and be safe!

Russell