If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the furnace is ...

In this video, I demonstrate the process of casting custom-sized aluminum bars for a project. The aluminum melts easily, ...

When new technology shows up, it's up to a hot rodder to see if it's worth working into our way of building cars. As each newly accepted tech becomes the norm, a new wave of thinking bounces through ...

Follow the homemade foundry furnace plans outlined in this article, including instructions, diagrams, and details of working with metal to make shop tools. It’s funny how an event will sort of get ...

Melting aluminum is actually pretty easy to do, which is why it’s such a popular metal for beginners at metal casting. Building a foundry that can melt aluminum safely is another matter entirely, and ...