A realy realy simple metal smelter?

[justinthesteampunk11]

Ones any one have a really small and simple metal smelter that will get hot anough for me to work iron? Also it has to be ran on solid fuel!

 

[rkepler]

Ones any one have a really small and simple metal smelter that will get hot anough for me to work iron? Also it has to be ran on solid fuel!

You might consider a cupola. "Small" in these usually mean something like 20 pound batches of cast iron, and they're usually enough trouble to fire up that folks like to keep them going for a while once they're started. But that's the only thing that's going to melt iron using solid fuel in small(ish) batches.

All in all it's easier to use a commercial foundry to cast small pieces.

 

[the artfull-codger]

Ones any one have a really small and simple metal smelter that will get hot anough for me to work iron? Also it has to be ran on solid fuel!

Do you want to smelt or do you want to melt?? never done any " smelting" myself so can't advise, but you can easily melt cast iron with coke if you have a decent blower,my first built furnace I built 40odd yrs ago with info from b terry aspins book foundrywork for the amateur,no internet to make everyone an expert then!! I've never bothered to "upgrade" to propane[it's expensive] & coke does all I need, the books still in print for about six quid,mine was five bob & I still have it!! good luck.

 

[Beone]

You want to smelt? Where are you getting your ore from?

 

[TimTaylor]

take a look at this link.....lots of info on small to medium size home built melting furnaces

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/