Honest Review of the VEVOR Electric Melting Furnace

This electric melting furnace is made by VEVOR (not a sponsor) and was purchased with my own money for $250 usd on eBay. This video shows my review and thoughts about this product as well as my experience with melting down some scrap bronze for the first time.
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** CHAPTERS **
0:00 - Introduction
0:57 - Unboxing
1:57 - Close Up of Contents
3:07 - Inside the Furnace
4:07 - Loading the Crucible
4:47 - Programing the PID
6:57 - Taking the Crucible Out/Pouring the Metal
7:37 - Final Thoughts
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** DISCLAIMER **
This video demonstrates dangerous casting techniques. Do not try and replicate what you see here without proper equipment, safety gear and a thorough understanding of the processes involved. It is a VERY dangerous.
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[@tallisholowka3946]

Those little ingot molds are handy if you melted a bit too much metal--it gives you a quick other place to pour it. Thanks for the review...I'm thinking of buying one of these.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

thanks for the review!

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you for watching! 👍

[@MetalFusionForge]

I bought one!! Thanks for the good video!

[@GraceNoteForge]

Awesome! Happy casting 😁

[@ralphmourik]

This just popped up in my recommended, great to find another fellow metal caster on YT, subscribed and rang the bell for more. Good review video, I own a similar but more professional furnace, I love using it and I had it for about 4 years, have not needed to change the heating coil yet, and does what yours does in less than half the time. It's the Goldbrunn Therm 3000, (also not sponsored) it was/is however more expensive. If you would like to compare statistics let me know, or look them up of course. A few important things though: the 1kg crucible does NOT belong in this setup, I have seen more cheap knock-off 3kg furnaces come with the smaller crucibles and that just shows how careless and ignorant the suppliers of these cheap devices are. The 1kg crucible should only be used in a 1kg furnace that has a smaller cavity, so that the crucible fits precisely like the 3kg crucible fits in your furnace. First of all the smaller crucible will not heat up as well and secondly if the small crucible wears down a bit after some uses the supplied thongs will not grab it correctly anymore or not at all (good to know you forge your own thongs) and 3rd: after it wears down it might actually fall into the cavity completely and wreck your device. So please don't use the small one. You could use it as a mold though and make some small round stock that can be used on a lathe, chess pieces come to mind... anyway, sorry for the wall of text, when it comes to safety I feel this stuff is important to know. Stay safe and happy casting! 👍👊

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you for the tip! Happy casting! 😁

[@thelasvegaskid]

I’m thinking about buying this.

[@lkozics71]

I've ordered it off your review! Thanks

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you! Much appreciated 😁

[@shanghunter7697]

Smart purchase, you'll like it !

[@jtbmetaldesigns]

I’ve always wanted to cast silicon bronze ever since I saw ferrosilicon for sale online. Supposedly, it dissolves in molten copper to make the silicon bronze. All I would need is copper scrap to make bronze!

[@TheJerad1]

or add 10% by weight of Zinc pennies, and have commercial bronze! but don't use legal tender! Maybe foreign pennies...

[@jtbmetaldesigns]

@@TheJerad1 Yes because I have reliable sources that informed me the department of treasury has special force officers and they hunt you down anywhere on earth if you use so much as one post 1982 penny in your alloy composition! Zinc is not to expensive and widely available

[@cam5816]

What is the purpose of that and/or ferrosilicon? I never heard of them before now. What do you want to do with them?

[@cam5816]

@@jtbmetaldesignsFr. I’m pretty sure that’s what they got that Epstein guy for 😰

[@josephb3147]

how has this held up long-term if you use it regularly? Thanks

[@deborahhardeman8802]

I will be doing sterling silver, when you poured into a mold, should you do anything to the mold other than heat it up before you put the hot silver in it? I was just wondering because I didn’t want it to stick. Thank you

[@shubbz87]

Good reviews

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you 👍

[@rakeday1726]

I have this exact same unit; can this operate while laying in its side? One having trouble with small scale gold pours and I want to just make a mould and slide it in the crucible but it would have to be laying horizontally to meet my needs

[@mariolegrange4447]

I'm thinking about buying one. But what I'm curious about is what do you do after you melt let's say aluminium, and cast it. Will there be a lot of residue? And if so, what do you typically do with it? I'm assuming just kick off where you left off, and leave it. It will melt along with new aluminum...or is there a way to clean the crucibles?

[@aquarius9900]

Im about to buy this. Do you know what is the difference between the the cheeper furnace and the more expensive ones besides quantity it takes?

[@RustyorBroken]

The hold music makes me want to rage (not really). Nice video!

[@magnersmetalworks]

What version of this would you recommend to melt iron?

[@jamestownjamestown3115]

Do I need an alternative power supply as opposed to a common outlet?. Someone pls let me know. I'm using a propane one and would love to upgrade.

[@simeonreyesjr.2987]

gud pm sir.. thanx fir sharing your video about your new melting furnace unit.. ❤

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you for watching! 😁

[@hiba]

Is it possible to burnout wax in melting furnace?

[@deborahhardeman8802]

So when making casting grain you just put the hot silver into water? I’ve never done casting before but I just wondered if that’s how you do it with sterling silver also?

[@GraceNoteForge]

That's normally how I do it! It doesn't necessarily make perfectly round casting grain like you would buy in stores. The end result is more like odd shaped flakes but they're still a very manageable size 👍

[@RickDrift]

How are the energy costs? would be considered profitable to melt copper or more of a hobby?

[@nunyabidniz2868]

Any tips on where to find a crucible suitable for working steel in my induction furnace? The graphite crucible it comes with will not work, of course, since iron reacts with carbon to make cast iron. It's easy enough to make a vacuum environment to flood with argon for processing of scrap steel for steel castings projects, but so far I have had no joy in locating a suitable crucible to use. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[@GraceNoteForge]

Try PMC Supplies, I think they carry some crucibles for induction furnaces. pmcsupplies.com/casting-supplies/crucibles/induction-crucibles

[@jarrodcomins2399]

Have you tried melting copper in it? I got one of these and have melted aluminum in it easily, melted bronze just fine. But with copper I haven't been able to get it melt.

[@jackmclane1826]

There are quite some broken units like this cheap on ebay. Is yours still alive after how much use?

[@kevinthomas5270]

Ok it's been 6 months since you shared this video. Have you had any issues with the smelter yet? Had to replace any parts yet?

[@GraceNoteForge]

As far as I can tell, there's no issues at all with mine yet! The only thing that I will need to replace soon is one of the graphite crucibles (from having some wear and tear after several melts) but that's not unusual.

[@dioufmouna3539]

​@@GraceNoteForgebro do salle yo used one I bit need im in senegal

[@TheGreyBird71]

@@GraceNoteForgeits been almost 2 years how is it doing now?

[@zakg60]

@@TheGreyBird71 im interested to know :P

[@elonworld9253]

Thank you so much, at last, i am currenly considering to buy, does it melt copper easily and in how long? should i buy the 1kg one and anything else i need to know? sorry for too much question, but i been looking a lot on internet, lol thanks a lot

[@GraceNoteForge]

Thank you for watching! I haven't tried melting just copper yet but it normally takes around 45 minutes to an hour to get bronze to melting temperature. What size you get really depends on what you plan on doing with it. For most people, I think a 1kg is perfect but if you want to do larger castings, having the option to use 3kg crucibles is really nice. Hope this helps. Happy melting! 😁

[@jacobklassen113]

I have poured seven bars of copper and my crucible lip wore out while doing a pour and I spilled copper all over the place. If gold silver and aluminum is all your melting it will do. For copper Spend the money and buy a devil forge unless replacing a crucible every 7 pours is worth it to you

[@matthewvann9326]

Can you use a cupel in this

[@jeff30795]

Thank you for this great review. I have just purchased one of these and mistakenly thought that the 3kg crucible would hold 3kg of silver melt? I want to cast an object that will require about 2kg of material and wondered if you could advise me please as to how I should go about this?... Thanking you for your time.

[@PHUCKyoutube689]

I think I have seen 6kg crucible for electric furnace like this.

[@erningyao4464]

Try electric induction melting furnace.

[@shanghunter7697]

@@erningyao4464 These work AWESOME !!

[@erningyao4464]

@@shanghunter7697 Yes you are right, this furnace will be fine if you do not want finish the melting in 5 mins. Because this kind of furnace usually takes about 30-40mins to melt a batch but Induction furnace takes about 3-5 mins to melt a batch.

[@MrHotass81]

can yiu melt brass in it.

[@ladanafulmer2338]

I have this same furnace but when I pour the metal goes everywhere. Did you make any alterations to your graphite crucible?

[@GraceNoteForge]

Hmmm that's strange. 🤔 No, I didn't change mine at all. Both of my graphite crucibles have a small notch on the rim to help with pouring.

[@Heneling]

You Must completely completely dry you mould before pouring the metal or it will go everywhere

[@abdeslammaachou9546]

Hey can I get one of this? What's the price?

[@f.demascio1857]

You mentioned the element & crucible are consumable and will need replacement. You DID NOT mention whether or not VEVOR sells the replacement items.

[@MrRacerhacker]

vevor do sell the crucible, 30 euro or so the elements i dident find but thats possible to find on other sites or wind your own

[@mohamedabdelkader7524]

كان الشعر وكان تباع كم سعرها واين تباع

[@alanjagroop1282]

What's the difference between 2kg vs 3kg. 2kg being cheaper than 3kg. But will it work the same. Also. What is the difference between. 110v vs 220v. Yh I know 220v would be more powerful and melt faster. But will 110v be just as good. Or will it take longer. Someone should do a comparison between 110v furnace and 220v furnace.

[@ikrisoft]

> What is the difference between. 110v vs 220v. You need to buy the one which matches your supply voltage. (the one which comes from the wall.) If you live in north or south America that will be the 110V, if you live somewhere in Europe that will be the 220v

[@StringFellow-Hawke-ek1bb]

This thing was a POS, it stopped working after the first use. Anyone had this issue and what needed to be done to repair? Vevor never responded to customer service questions regarding return/replacement.

[@vincentvalentine2198]

HOW MUCH POWER CONSUMPION

[@Brownyman]

Will aluminum cans fit in the crucible?

[@l3lackoutsMedia]

You have to cut down anything that is too big.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

How do you clean the inside of it?

[@shanghunter7697]

You don't, you run it as it is.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

@@shanghunter7697 Won't something eventually short out if metal and graphite fragments continuously drop down the inside of the furnace?

[@no2thenwo737]

@@ThePeterDislikeShow Turn it over and gently tap the bottom or use a air compressor. Any larger debris falls out easily. A little bit of crud is not a big problem.

[@khodywilliams284]

Got a question myself what is the power cord like? Is it a normal power cord or is it different

[@GraceNoteForge]

It's a standard three prong US power cord

[@wayneanderson1230]

Can you use these with an extension cord?

[@shanghunter7697]

@@wayneanderson1230 I would NEVER do that and would hope they tell you that in the manual.

[@juandesndr]

Will this melt Gold?

[@GraceNoteForge]

I haven't personally tried it but based on the specs, it should melt gold just fine 👍

[@stevo9954]

Can this melt iron?

[@GraceNoteForge]

It can't unfortunately. It's not rated for the high temps needed for cast iron.

[@user-gw1xz6mo9v]

السعر كام

[@TheMacyMil]

Hello can you fit aluminium cans in this?

[@GraceNoteForge]

Unfortunately, the crucibles aren't big enough to fit a whole can inside of them.

[@BrassFocks]

I imagine if you hammer the can flat and fold it over a couple of times it would fit though

[@videos4u805]

How long does it take to cool down?

[@shanghunter7697]

Does that really matter or ?

[@videos4u805]

@@shanghunter7697 yes it does for safety reasons

[@thingsofdoing4507]

If you were my niebor I'd flip you an ingot to melt my finds , what would you use to melt platinum?

[@ngvill01]

it didn't work for an hour, it shorted out and the other one caught fire at first

[@Jayblicky]

Did You Tried Melting Coins?

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I just melt a bunch of zinc pennies this past weekend!

[@CornDogShaun]

It took a little over an hour to go from 125 degrees to 1000... Was NOT room temperature😂 Edit: just read my comment and it doesn't sound as playful as I intended. All in jest 😮😅

[@TheSkyCactus]

My shits been at 33 degrees for 6 minutes, think I’m gonna have to return this

[@peterxyz3541]

1y update, please

[@Yodiyst]

This company is complete trash they sent me the same furnace and it worked for abt 30 mins to an hour before it turned off and won’t come on. I emailed the company and they asked me to take it apart to look for disconnected wires. The yellow wire on inside was literally melted off of the fuse (solder melted or something) I told the company and they said I should try and “weld” it back on. I followed their advice after asking them to reimburse me for the soldering equipment and them saying no, I fixed the machine 🎉. Lol but it only worked for one and half hours and cut off. I looked at inside and the *blue* wire is melted off next to previous melted one the previous melted wire was now melting into another wire. I told this company to refund and they said $20 I flipped on them and they said they’ll send the parts to fix (extra wires/ fuse) and $57 I flipped again and sent screenshot of email to better business bureau and they sent the money back before I contacted the bbb. Rip off company

[@craneoperator4]

they're ok if you have a bunch of small pieces..try putting your smashed cans in the tiny crucible hole

[@dioufmouna3539]

Pls brother What is the Best marque? Can i send to u money u buy for me and ship't to senegal

[@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm]

That fragile? Where you can’t drop a few ounces into it. No thanks

[@sikismeker]

One hour for 1000c, crap.

[@shanghunter7697]

Made an induction furnace in an hr for 34$ and works in seconds !!

[@StringFellow-Hawke-ek1bb]

Can you share plans / links? I'm would like to make one too. Can you melt iron / steel?