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Anyone use a melting furnace as a salt pot? http://www.amazon.com/MELTING-FURNACE-DIGITAL-2-KILO/dp/B000HWNRSS
I think it has possibilities.
I think it has possibilities.
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Melting furnace as salt pot
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That would be a very expensive heat source for a too small salt pot.
The normal tube is about 4-5" OD by 24" deep, and requires a little space outside that between the heat source. The other problem with using that furnace is that corrosive salt vapors and electrical circuits make poor bedfellows.
I have converted old pottery kilns to salt pots, with OK results. You have to modify them to run on a well regulated PID, and a backup/failsafe TC mounted on the tube exterior is a good idea. As recently exampled in japan,you need to think about the possibility of the heating control failing before ever turning a pot of lava on.
The normal tube is about 4-5" OD by 24" deep, and requires a little space outside that between the heat source. The other problem with using that furnace is that corrosive salt vapors and electrical circuits make poor bedfellows.
I have converted old pottery kilns to salt pots, with OK results. You have to modify them to run on a well regulated PID, and a backup/failsafe TC mounted on the tube exterior is a good idea. As recently exampled in japan,you need to think about the possibility of the heating control failing before ever turning a pot of lava on.