smelting

mtau January 30, 2010 at 2:30pm

Has anyone used a pottery firing furnace for melting gold? They reach temps of 2500f, so should melt gold easily. Thanks Ted

Brian Garrison January 26, 2010 at 8:48pm

about 2 years ago i built a smelter for aluminum. i use used motor oil as fuel. i start the motor oil with propane i connected to the forced air intake. the forced air is no more that a hair dryer duct taped to a 3' pipe. it works great! i can add photo if you would like.

Jody Johnson > Brian Garrison January 30, 2010 at 4:37pm

That sounds interesting, I would love to see a photo if you don't mind. Thanks.
- Brian Garrison > Jody Johnson January 30, 2010 at 8:05pm
  
  here is a few pics ill add all of them to my photo
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Steel Pan January 26, 2010 at 8:17pm

Check out this smelter.
Real cheap, real easy to use.

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/book_fp.html

Jody Johnson > Steel Pan January 30, 2010 at 4:37pm

Thanks, I checked out the website and it seems to be pretty useful. We are trying to get the microgold out of our black sands without using mercury, so I will probably be scouring that website for a while. Thanks again
- Merle Mitchell > Jody Johnson March 25, 2018 at 1:08pm
  
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Steel Pan January 26, 2010 at 8:14pm

If ya wanna get into smelting or other forms of recovery,
this is a pretty darn good place to start.

http://goldrefiningforum.com/

william ries January 26, 2010 at 8:09pm

hi jody bill in pittsburgh smelting is pretty easy on placer gold. hardrock gold is alot tuffer and more expensive equipment i have smelted alot of placer gold if i can help let me know later bill

Jody Johnson > william ries January 30, 2010 at 4:33pm

Thanks Bill. I am looking into it and if I decide to start doing it, I will probably be hitting you up with some questions because I am sure I will need guidance. I don't completely understand how it works. Thanks again.

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