Tools, Glorious Tools! #3 - Home Shop Foundry: The Furnace

Hey Folks, By request the full detail on my furnace, please enjoy! Cheers, Chris. Join YouTube Channel Memberships here:    / @clickspring   Become a Clickspring Patron here:   / membership   ________________________________________________________ A very special thank you to Patrons: Sinking Valley Woodworks (http://www.sinkingvalleywoodworks.com) Glenn Trewitt Mike Manfrin Christopher Warnock Guy Loughridge Charles Frodsham & Co. Peter John Richardson Adam Slagle Tim Bray Dan Keen Samuel Irons Sean Kuyper Matteo Neville Daniel Cohen Larry Pardi Olof Haggren Stassinopoulos Thomas Florian Ragwitz Andrew Smith Bernd Fischer Sam Towne Jack Cause Jeremiah G. Mort Andre van Soest Matthew Middleton Thomas Veilleux Dave Seff Robin Haerens L'Enfant Watch Company C. A. Patrick Voigt Mark Coburn Bogdan Dan Steven R. Crider Gary Levario Pete Askew Jeff Armstrong Rudolph Bescherer Jr Robert Petz Ralph McCoy Jim Popwell Kaedenn Bradley Pirtle Alan Carey PaxAndromeda John A McCormick Thomas Eriksen Michael Hardel Tim Ball Dominik Rogala Xanadu-King Eric Witte Peter Grant Michener Jonathan Teegarden Steve Hossner RuKiddin06 ________________________________________________________ Furnace Dimensions: Outside shell constructed from 0.8mm mild steel sheet, with spot weld joins. For the inside insulation details, refer to video. Lid - Outside shell 330mm x 50mm, with a center hole in the top of 100mm OD. The actual OD of the exhaust hole is further reduced to approx 60mm after application of insulation/ITC100. Body - Outside shell 330mm x 230mm. Central cavity has diameter of approx 220mm after application of insulation/ITC100. Base - Outside shell 330mm x 90mm, with diameter of cast channel = 220mm. The Plinth OD is 150mm, giving a channel width of 35mm. Regulator BOC Gases 6000 LPG Regulator https://www.boc.com.au/shop/en/au/boc... Brass Fittings for the Reil Burner Hose Barb to Female (Parker product code: 126HBL-4-2) http://amzn.to/2u0lCVo End Cap (Parker product code: 213P-2) https://www.mscdirect.com/product/det... Long Nipple (Parker product code: 215PNL-2-30) http://amzn.to/2FNF11m Steel Fittings for the Reil Burner ¾" Black Coupling http://www.supplyhouse.com/sh/control... 1½" x ¾" Black Reducing Coupling https://amzn.to/3D21LFg ¾ " x 6" Black Pipe Nipple https://amzn.to/3Tw6Exy 1 ½" Close Black Pipe Nipple https://amzn.to/3CWNF8s Refractory, Insulation & Crucible 1400C Castable Refractory https://consolidatedrefractories.com.... 1400C Ceramic Fiber Blanket (25mm) https://consolidatedrefractories.com.... ITC100 (High performance hot face ceramic) sourced from http://www.pinches.com.au Salamander A-6 SUPER Clay Graphite Morgan Melting Crucible: http://amzn.to/2pkVAak Ingot Moulds: http://amzn.to/2pfpgWz Fiberfrax Rigidiser (Colloidal Silica ceramic wool rigidiser) https://www.unifrax.com/product/rigid... Sodium Silicate(High temperature adhesive) https://bacto.com.au/index.php?route=... Petrobond Sand: https://amzn.to/3TPESvx References: The Ron Reil Burner design: https://www.abana.org/ronreil/design1... The Navy Foundrymans Handbook: http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/foundry/ John Campbells Casting Books, eg The Ten Rules Of Casting Practice: http://amzn.to/2HF3VfL Backyardmetalcasting: http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ Thehomefoundry: http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/inde... Mr Pete:    • FOUNDRY CASTING Making a Sand Mold part 1 ...   luckygen1001:    • Furnace dimensions, another iron melt   myfordboy:    • Metal Casting at Home Part 9 The Furnace .   Jeff Williams:    • MELT STUFF - How to Make a Foundry | ask j...   FZ- making knives:    • How To Make The Metal Foundry . Steel Melt...   Lundgren Bronze Studios:    • Making a keg foundry furnace.   VOGMAN:    • SIMPLE Homemade Metal Melting Furnace (Fou...   Corporals Corner:    • The Cast Masters Elite 5kg Propane Furnace   eddie2799:    • Homemade Propane Foundry Furnace Metal Alu...   Black Beard Projects:    • I Made a BIG Furnace to Melt Metals   bigstackD Casting:    • Devil Forge 10 kg Light Duty Propane Melti...   Don Brandt:    • Building a 170k BTU Propane Metal Casting ...   Lost & Foundry:    • Greensand Foundry Pouring   Lunarburn Studio:    • 5 things to consider before lighting the b...   swdweeb:    • Building a professional-grade foundry furnace   Brian Oltrogge:    • FIRE-KEG Foundry Furnace | Removing Forms ...   Make it Extreme:    • Metal Melting Furnace   Mr. Craft:    • How to make  gas burner and metal foundry ...   FarmCraft101:    • Making a Foundry Furnace From An Old Water...   Mateusz Doniec:    • Piec do topienia metali kolorowych   ... and many more builds that I've seen but don't recall precisely where - thank you!