CAN YOU MELT BRASS IN A POOR MAN'S CRUCIBLE ???

[@Freeisbetter86]

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[@weldingsolutionskck2798]

Good work. Suggestion: place the torch under the cup. Heat up the cup. Let the cup heat up the metals. I think you're heating items up backwards. Suggestion 2: use oxygen / acetylene torch. I don't think your hot enough. Try it. Good videos though.

[@Freeisbetter86]

Thanks for the tip!

[@j.d.anderson6710]

Yes he's right, you to add oxygen to mix, with forced oxygen you will be able use propane rather than the map gas or other more expensive gases...

[@hustleusa]

have you done it , i need too do it but only by one who has​@@j.d.anderson6710

[@OriginalNethead]

You definitely need a closed crucible with a heat source you don't have to hold by hand to melt brass. I've seen a guy do it with pewter, but again ... closed crucible. He dumped the resulting ingots out into the snow instead of putting them in water. Now that was fun to watch.

[@copperflux]

Borax lowers the melting temperature is a tin can lid to hold in the temperature and put some borax

[@swaroopcool22]

I did this a while ago. In first attempt I got something similar to you. In my 2nd attempt used a pinch of borax powder and results were much much better

[@someoneyoudontknow7407]

Borax is crucial for making it liquid

[@PrideNMineFlooring]

A chemistry teacher yelled at me when I didn't hold the hot part of the flame on the test tube. The whitest point in the flame is the hottest. Perhaps that might make a difference if smaller masses of the brass were used. Probably not, but I was reminded of that chemistry teacher yelling at me when I watched this. Good show though. I like the brass nuggets too. Thanks for sharing.

[@smeglin1]

brass is a composite made up of lead, copper, zinc & iron- all with different melting points- you can't just simply heat brass and get good results- you're burning out one element to reach the melting point of another (comparing iron to lead for example) and super heating zinc will create zinc gas, very poisonous and you can end up with zinc poisoning (been there, done that- not fun!) did you research smelting brass before trying this?

[@jodiyoung5578]

Hi Shawn, good to see you!!!

[@sorchajones1788]

This is really interesting. Here in the U.K., melting silver outside in the cold, the brass end of my map gas torch melted and fell off into the crucible of silver. I was gutted- I’d ruined the silver and melted the torch! Watching your video, I now think with a new torch, the silver and brass mess, might be reheated and silver remelted and poured out from the soft (but not pourable brass). I like the natural looking shapes you got from your brass. I think little pieces might be cool incorporated into jewellery or made into organic looking earrings or for a necklace. Or sunk into resin, in wood.

[@sorchajones1788]

@@JJ-jn5lr Thank you!

[@henrybanman9383]

Where do you get the crucible.

[@dionsmothers7330]

What was the weight before melting

[@Freeisbetter86]

no clue

[@GrumpyGenXGramps]

Make a few small bags of those “nuggets” and take them to a stream where kids play and toss em around. Then sit back and watch em all start digging and thinking they struck it rich! LOL If anything, it’ll keep em busy and out of trouble ALL summer!

[@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb]

i used to live in a gold mining area. gold spray paint on rocks is about all you need for that kind of thing. add a few coats of high gloss enamel and you have yourself a cruel joke. let me reiterate, it's cruel.

[@feritboisturusnes7674]

Love how at the beginning of video your like let's melt down brass onyaaa lol 😀

[@codyramos3200]

A turbo torch or even a better bernzomatic would produce much greater temps with mapp.. also I think the brass was oxidizing keeping it from melting properly.. I found this out through trial , frustration then anger and finally i seen the error .

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

Not a poor man’s studio, unfortunately.

[@randystone6781]

Pretty interesting. I thought the brass would melt. Think you're losing too much heat with the open top crucible...

[@bradthefox3155]

New drinking game, take a drink every time he says brass

[@MCEdziits]

Good to see you can melt this with that little torch. I have a bigger one. I will try this method. Thanks for video ;)

[@kevinsolove458]

very nice, you dont know if you dont try! keep going!

[@madmattsbucketlist385]

Good try. Really interesting to see the results for each metal. I can tell (and i'm sure everybody else watching), you're desperate to try it with your electric forge you've ordered. All good fun and interesting as well.

[@The_McJon]

Can you melt Nickel or stainless steel? Asking for a friend 👀

[@Freeisbetter86]

Havent tried yet, but probably not as the melting point is pretty high but in a furnance Yes !!

[@markboreham1300]

Tell your friend that Melting steel especially stainless is a complex industrial operation involving a blast furnace and other heavy industrial equipment. If it’s not done correctly you just end up with a pile of shit especially if it’s too hot. It really isn’t a back yard thing if only for the safety aspect , if you drop a crucible full of molten, you’ll wish you hadn’t and it’s unlikely you’ll get it to temperature anyway. Gas and oxygen would be too expensive and charcoal would be too time consuming and you’d use a lot of it.

[@jakelapoint]

Great channel name bro... i got a bunch of brass ammo cases. I want to melt down what i have and cast brass bullits for my 308 reloading scheme. Just started this video.

[@georgesmith6809]

Can you use a hotter torch ?

[@zartan7779]

I bought a devil forge, I have melted a bunch of copper .

[@mattgreef1676]

Is that the devil's forge or foundry. I have the forge for making knives will definitely give it a shot mate

[@LynnLeFey1]

I melted bronze (five old pennies) with a map torch. This was with my crucible shielded on all but one side with fire bricks. Even shielded with the fire bricks, I also couldn't get copper to melt. I think if you tried a much smaller volume of brass and shielded the crucible with fire bricks, you could get small ingots. I poured my molten bronze into little molds i made from Plaster of Paris.

[@addhusubash7622]

what rings in your hands brass or gold?

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Wouldn't the zinc boil at copper's melting point?

[@hvacjunkie3862]

It Will work with oxygen and acetylene torch set

[@JeffreyJamesMusic]

Can’t you use the form itself as a crucible so it just needs to melt to the shape of what it’s in?

[@July-qo7jp]

BTW you need to shield the top of your molten brass so you don't boil out all the zinc

[@dennishinkle5010]

You need a second torch. Good try and great video.

[@Freeisbetter86]

Thanks 👍

[@ratdetecting4780]

Nice one shaun! Wonder if a ceramic lid would keep the heat in

[@bigjay875]

Map gas will melt copper in small amounts with the correct tip

[@michaellarocca4879]

If you had a cover and a bigger torch head like the ones plumbers use, that definitely wouldve turned into liquid.

[@sumalsebastian]

Hi, could you put some video if you can bent glass sheet of 4mm thickness with butane torch? This is for my aquarium project and only need to bent corners or the tank

[@designertjp-utube]

Hi! Wonderful watching your Brass Melting Attempts! I'm to represent most #Paasche VL Airbrush Gun Owners. Sometimes I'll drop my airgun and accidentally "push" the long needle all the way thru the enclosed top brass cone on impact. Used to take a pair of pliers and attempt to "close back up" the small hole of the brass cone a bit. After watching you work your brass, I believe I'll have an easier time of re-shaping my brass cone if I "heat" it up first. _Wish me Luck!_

[@killjoy987987]

Aluminum is easier to melt

[@Freeisbetter86]

yup

[@benjosephgissing7857]

Well done.

[@mister_dummy]

But brass is better it is great for steam stuff and you can make flywheels from it to show everyone you have money

[@Miami_vise]

My bullets don't come in aluminum...

[@ProducerSteveo]

You need some borax as flux to help melt it better

[@hotheadsniper]

Great video but I have a question that how long can we keep on using that burner or torch?I mean can we keep on igniting it for hours or do we need to give it a rest?it is dangerous to keep it on ignition for hours because it could get too hot or can we use it for as long as we want?

[@bryanwalter5752]

I've seen a very basic, on/off adjuster knob only MAPP rated torch tip used in a small forge that did have a blower fan introducing ambient air to propane, for some forced air effect. Connected with a 6' hose to 20# propane tank, I've seen it run for 8hrs at a time many times, for perhaps 10 years? And it shows the use, but still works fine. Probably something to do with being in a climate controlled room on the end of a house. (with a STRONG exhaust fan!) Versus being in "outside" in the shop with the big forge and anvil. That bldg only has 3 walls.

[@marcuslarge7626]

Nice looking ignots, nice try, this might catch on, might try it myself, but definitely closed crucible would probably work 👍👍

[@ruebenmikoch]

That is not the correct torch head for MAP gas. The map gas torch head sort of mixes it with oxygen and you get a hotter flame. It looks like you're using one from just a regular propane torch

[@iiniijewelry]

Found your channel watching copper pours. Gotta say, respectively, I think you’re doing it wrong. I have bricks that I keep my crucible between to help circulate heat and trap it around the crucible/whip dish. Works great for any metal except steel or iron. Yours won’t melt out in the open because the crucible itself needs to be heated to just above the metals temperature. And heat needs to be constantly on the metal even after melting clear until it pours into what ever mold you have. If your mold is graphite. It also needs to be warmed up. Butane torch will work. If not heated you could get burned by spatter as it is very “fizzy” in cold graphite. I use petrobond sand. Doesn’t have to be heated. And allows you to use whatever shape you’d like. Also, if you use a bit of flux/borax on your metal as it melts. It will draw out any impurities and help maintain your melting dish. As well as help the melting process even out throughout the metal itself. Anyways, hope this helps. I hit the 👍🏾 and 🔔 Thanks for sharing.

[@alexpmK3]

Nice little video matey.. ok, take the heat sink/holder off the crucible.. it's sucking your temp. Two gas guns the same is ideal for this size crucible. .. you can pour 1/8th to quarter Oz bars .I think.. 3.5grams should be ok..

[@davidlong5639]

That was a good video of brass nugs

[@captnjaygreybeard6394]

Good to know it wont be pourable, cool nuggets though.

[@buckwildebeest398]

hey man, nice shot.

[@mehowshorts]

Awesome 👍👍

[@Freeisbetter86]

Thanks 🤗

[@boostdeep3967]

Would it test close to real gold

[@JoeKind1958]

No not at all.

[@RudolphWhite-q5f]

BRASS IS A POOR MAN’S GOLD THERE..

[@crux9584]

If you wanna save on mapp gas use another torch to get the metal red hot first, then use mapp

[@topchoppers7980]

Get a burnzomatic 8500 series torch it puts out far more btu and will melt copper easy

[@catman4644]

Real MAPP gas has not been available for many years now, that junk you have is NOT MAPP and is just a rip-off of MAPP's reputation of being very hot as opposed to propane! Look at how it's labeled, MapPro (Map-Pro) or some other silly way of saying Map (with only one "P") depending on the brand. The stuff sold today is barely any hotter than plain propane but usually costs a lot more so don't fall for the hype just use Propane and save some money, you will be hard pressed to see any difference except for cost! Or better yet (MUCH better!) as others have said, Oxy/Acetylene if it's available Real MAPP went out of production years back when it's main ingredient became far more profitable in the production of a type of plastic, what's called Mapp by using deceptive label names (for example Map-Pro or something similar) is a rip-off!!!!!

[@EvilSearchEngine]

Wow. Never would have known that. What was the secret ingredient?

[@JohnnySwedishScrapper]

bras are hard ;) alot of slagg ;) awsome video i have totaly missed the other ones ill have look ate them ;) i have done copper 550 gram ingots, and also silver 925. 500 grams and alu and also tin, but not gold yet ;) its will come soem day ;) awsome video

[@rsz90182]

Get tin can and make a lid to hold heat

[@MissCanadian]

Well you got some brass nuggets

[@pauls5745]

yeah,, just need to trap more heat in, like in an enclosed place surround the crucible with bricks

[@Louis2282]

The gas is expensive, put it inside a cement brick to store heat, the bricks are soft and cut easily

[@scrappingtogether908]

not quit enuf heat

[@ericevans9782]

I have managed to melt brass and copper in a smaller crucible. The torch was too close and heating just the metal not the crucible also the nozzle is completely wrong you need a cone shape to the flame. Good luck in the future

[@hustleusa]

Lets get to the brass tax lol

[@rokinrandy]

I solder copper with map gas. So how in the hell you melted copper I will have to see. But brass blocks are not cheap. I need one for the bridge of my fender strat. It improves the sustain. Getting scrap brass as a plumber is nooo problem. But I was wondering if this could be done. Looks like I will be spending some money.

[@JeffreyJamesMusic]

Acetylene torch might get you further.

[@thetovarish100]

thanks!!

[@p8k518]

1:27 red brass???!!! what?!

[@Freeisbetter86]

yes has higher content of copper then regular Brass !!!!!

[@Giove83]

BRASS KNUCKLES! 😉😃

[@ralphmourik]

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[@Marc-qo1gz]

It would go faster if you pre heat up the crucible

[@grandpakevin3354]

If at first you know succeed... try, try again! Psssst... buy a forge! I do like the videos though.

[@abm8017]

Awesome emphasis on safety!

[@July-qo7jp]

Poor man that can afford to melt scrap with $15/lb fuel?

[@AutisticFloppa]

Ive got 139kg of brass, ima be rich

[@connortivoli3161]

You're using a bernzomatic ts4000, anything over aluminum should be burned with a hotter torch or else you run the risk of greater in-efficiency. Bernzomatic has a good big brother to the ts4000, The bernzomatic ts8000. I've used the bigger ts8000 to melt a little over 40 grams of copper in a reasonable amount of time, I'm sure it has more in it to do more still. Hope this helps someone, great video bro. Stay in there

[@buckwildebeest398]

you're pretty funny, man

[@grillazofficial874]

You cant melt brass using torch ..

[@kdscrapping4452]

Nice Try!!!

[@Freeisbetter86]

Thanks 😅

[@muriaticacid7004]

Thumbs Up

[@Freeisbetter86]

Thanks !

[@lorithesalukidiver308]

🙂🙂🙂

[@massimilianoilardi3571]

Ciao ma questo e oro giusto

[@nathanlewis5682]

Devil Forge

[@streetgainer]

If it’s not molten you did not melt it

[@thechops2000]

Say “melt brass” again…say it one more god@*#*ed time.

[@АнтонНет-р9ъ]

Borax😅?

[@copperkingrecycling634]

And now we know.

[@chech1978]

very