FIRE-KEG Foundry Furnace | Casting the Base and Lid (Part 2) 

Thanks for watching!

+ojyakimo Yeah, beverage distributor or Craigslist is your best bet!

Thanks.

i went to my local distributor...35 bux got to pick the nicest one out of ton...or have a keg party and dont take back the keg end lose your deposit...win win

Guards? We don't need no stinking guards!

+Andy sinishtaj Thanks!

+Jonathan Wright This was 1" x 0.125" steel strap. This does a few things... Provides a mechanical attachment between keg and refractory. Evens up the cut edge of the keg for a good mate between the lid and body. Strengthens the lips of the shell. Excuse to use pop-rivets....

200lbs. 4x 50lb bags for such a keg

Aside from the fact that I am mixing the refractory with a hoe and pouring 5 bags at once would have sucked... I liked the idea of the bore being a separate pour since this will be easy to replace if/when the time comes. It also allows for uneven expansion of the refractory. The other reason for the separation is that I planned on using the drain hole in the base to locate the bucket. This could have been done another way, but there is no reason I can think of to warrant a continuous pour. Harder to rod the concrete, harder to form, harder to replace if the time comes...

+Brian Oltrogge Ok that makes sense. I was mostly curious if the seam between the base and the sides could cause a point of failure.

+Kashif Riley Rivits are one of the cheapest, most fun to use fasteners. If you use carriage bolts, wrap the threads with tape so the don't cause the rim of your refractory to crack. But, again, rivits are way more fun...

Brian Oltrogge They definitely are. And most of the tools in this video, I can get them at work. I'll most likely use thread locker on the carriage bolts. will you post a video on how you built the grabber for the crucible?

+LordAtrix The material around the bucked was flashing to raise the height of the cast. I had to get 5 bags, probably used 4.5 The lid and the bottom of the furnace took about 3/4 of a bag each

@@Grunblau Is that 5 10lbs for a total of 50lbs or 5 x 50lbs for a total of 250lbs?

+Максим Краевский hard to say... I usually do some melting of scrap while it is hot so the furnace is running for between 2-4 hours. I seem to get 2-4 melts per BBQ tank. Sometimes I use diesel... Should give you a basic idea.

Save up! It is worth it to use commercial refractory rather than home brew. You'll need about (5) 50lb bags.

how thick did you make the bottom layer?

how many bags from them would it take?

Lawrence it’s rustioleum high heat paint

You have to be careful vibrating refractory. You don't want all of the aggregate to settle to the bottom. It is better to rod the mix than to vibrate it in this case.

+william frase About 4" or so... Same as the top which is 6" below the rim.

So did I, so I made them!

That's awesome man, really enjoy your videos and how much effort you obviously put into them!

#10 but it will fit bigger.

So you heard me !

+Espen Sales gets better... Sorry about that :)

Brian Oltrogge Oooo I so Love That song !

I'm going to be whistling that for the next week...

Brian Oltrogge please come back Brian I am watching all your old videos for my “Fix” You are one of the few true craftsman on RU-vid when even your so called rough work is better than anything I could achieve. If you don’t want to come back can I come and be your apprentice? I can’t afford to pay you much but I am a first class cook.

+gus bisbal I didn't own a welder at this time. I also like that you can built it with some pretty simple tools. I'll be welding up a cart for it at some point...

Local foundry supply...

+Brian Oltrogge oh alright

+Cpt. Snow hey your furnace is amazing man. do you thing if i used refractory cement that it would work? also if i used oxygen and propane would i be able to melt steel?

Way beyond what I am comfortable with... Steel melts at 2500-2750. This is about twice what I am melting aluminum at and at the stated limit of the refractory. I'll be doing some brass soon, but I'll leave steel/iron to the foundries!

+Brian Oltrogge Do you think that it is possible through using oxygen and propane to melt steel in something that is lined with refactor cement. because i might try and do that.

Completely agree. This was when I had like 100 subscribers. Considering re editing and reposting.

55 lbs

@@Grunblau So I need four 55 lb bags?

I think you can get probably get away with 3 if you are extremely careful with your waste. Four should do it though!

You using my supplier from the plans? I was there last week. They carry Versaflow 60 plus ‘Monolith’ and have a huge pallet there. Detroit area although they ship.

oh no im not using the plans. i just looked up that refractory on google and the supplier seems to only sell to accounts or something. i may buy your plans later if i can afford to tackle making my keg into a foundry. great stuff man thanks.

Its awsome!