What I do with old aluminium Land Rover parts?? Melt them!

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[@bigm383]

This is way better than Netflix.

[@davidwoods80]

Next month, Mike will demonstrate how to fashion your own alpine window glass, using his furnace and empty bottles of Jameson.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Nice one Dave!

[@davidwoods80]

@@BritannicaRestorations (tipping hat) Thought you'd like that!

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Only a yorkshireman could make this, brilliant

[@lenhornsey2175]

Just watched this again ....,missed the 'had the vacuum cleaner on suck instead of blow and there were flames coming out the back of it' first time round......have pepper dashed my walls with my McVities butter shortbread biscuit that I was nibbling on at the time. What a hero this guy is!

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes it was most interesting and makes me think I should film everything here!

[@pat.omeara2562]

Now that a great idea like a blacksmith cool👍☘️🇮🇪

[@stevep8773]

Fun! Last time I saw flames like that, they were coming out of the back end of an SR-71 Blackbird

[@craigjones9244]

That was awesome and it looks a lot safer than trying to pick up a crucible and tip it👍🏻

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Definitely!

[@peterpeterson9903]

Brilliant Mike.

[@TONYJUD57]

There's a budding "Fred Dibnah" in there somewhere.

[@RussellRF900Rrv]

Just seen this video. Top Mark's. The engine oil gets to a high temp and if you have the feed set right it will burn smokeless

[@linuxwave]

Madman, I like it

[@roboneoff2204]

Come on Mike, Stick an old turbo on it !!!

[@malcolmyoung7866]

Frank Whittle would be proud....

[@d4jmo]

Cracking vid mate 👍

[@jamescunliffe9872]

Try and get hold of some titanium shavings to add to the mix even if it's a small amount!!

[@johndiaz7240]

Love it

[@MrRobmellor]

Bloody hell Mike, that's great, never seen anything like that before. One thing to watch out for with old engine oil is a buildup of petrol fumes in the supply tank, god they do go with a bang when they go. Stay safe and only use oil out of diesels Mike, and keep the videos coming. Best wishes from Yorkshire Rob.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

All done with veg oil Rob - must be close on 8/900c then it comes out of the burner - makes short work of an engine block!

[@silli1939]

I like

[@bobmoore8321]

That looked good Mike a winter job though its 30 degrees here feels like the alloy will melt itself have you made a waste oil heater as well

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Yes my cousin said it was hot in Seamer I was thinking of making a mini burner the same method

[@greebo7857]

I'd love to come to Canada to meet you. You're mad and brilliant at the same time. Good call on the ZF. It probably won't be OK, and it's a V8 one anyway. If it was from a D2 TD5 on the other hand....

[@BritannicaRestorations]

There are some bloody boring days here and things like this are fun and the day passes quickly I will not melt parts that are useful, but those V8's with bad liners are ideal for the burner - If I can get one in!

[@arjanwilbie2511]

Then use the burner without the barrel. Use a pile of stacked bricks as a fire wall, then melt the engine that way. I used to give safety advice on oilburners videos.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Could do bu the barrel works well as it gets a nice swirl

[@arjanwilbie2511]

@@BritannicaRestorations will the block and transmission fit the barrel? With the bricks stacked you can have a melt to break it down, the smaller pieces fit the barrel.

[@georgecrockford974]

As you said mike, your waste motor oil would fire that furnace a treat - anything hydrocarbon based works, folk turn it into black diesel for ultra cheap fuel.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Just to let you know George I tried waste oil today and it worked just as well! No smoke and bags of heat

[@georgecrockford974]

And they say there's no such thing as free energy!

[@greyskys2179]

Put the v8 on eBay, they make a great man cave table with a glass top

[@stephenlyttleton9032]

That's an awesome rig! What kind of CNC machine do you have? I just bought a Shapeoko CNC and going to make some parts for the Defender. I'm starting with a custom center dash plate and a custom badge for the outside.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I have no CNC but a guy down the road has a 5 axis AND he knows how to use it!

[@peterpeterson9903]

Mike - I will email you re. your used engine oil.

[@Bahcrie]

Hi Mike, So you have the veg oil going in, and the hoover blowing air in, but what us the third line? The yellow one???

[@BritannicaRestorations]

Compressed air on a reducer as a turbo when the Shop vac gets to its limits I need more air!

[@Bahcrie]

@@BritannicaRestorations Cheers Mike, keep up the videos love to watch them.

[@nnoddy8161]

How are you going to fit the 'new' Defender into it?

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I'm gonna get a bigger barrel! M

[@lrdisco2005]

Check out SV Seaker for a master class in smelting aluminium.

[@weaton25]

Much as I admire your ingenuity in making a contraption to melt metal I fail to see the point in doing it if you are not intending to use the metal that you make now ( Burt Munro’s World’s Fastest Indian Land Speed Record motorbike ) he made his own bike parts pistons etc just ending up with a big lump of alloy and taking it to the scrap yard seems to be a lot of work for little reward to me time better spent repairing old Land Rovers me thinks.

[@BritannicaRestorations]

I don't think you listened I melted it down to get the steel out so i can re melt it to make billet aluminium to make adaptor plates later

[@greggferns3278]

Pay attention at the back🤔

[@weaton25]

@@greggferns3278 Sorry I will get my coat

[@BritannicaRestorations]

That's ok! Stick around! Mike