Customer Reviews for VEVOR Propane Melting Furnace Kit, 12KG Large Capacity Foundry Home Kilns,Stainless Steel Smelter, Blacksmithing Forge with Crucible an Tongs Kiln, For Metal Scrap Recycle, Gold Copper Silver Casting

Very nice, easy to setup, wool insulation not sealed but there is a liquid or rock set that can be easily added. Will have to make a lifter and pouring handel as the tongs will not work for this. Assume the tongs are for adding metal to crumble in smelter. Much better than trying to build furnace for cost.

Super Je suis tres satisfait . J ai plusieurs bouteilles de propane de brulé et elle est toujours comme neuve

Easy to use, works as advertised, been using this for almost 2 years to melt down aluminum cans into ingots and it does a great job, melts them nice and quick, and its still in really great shape.

This is a nice little furnace kit. The lid on mine was bent a little but issues was resolved by customer service very well. I wish when laying down as forge you could put a hinge on the lid instead of handle. But works great and like it.

Great furnace, my 12 and 10 year put it together so easy to setup. Took a bit to get up to temp which makes sense. Only used the the bottom gas line as flames shot out 1.5 feet when both were on. Melted aluminum great. The tongs provided aren't that great ended up using long vice grips to move crucible and pour.

incredible! always wanted a foundry. this one is the best! I am going to get the 16kg for the big projects

Four de fonte de grande capacité avec le régulateur pour un prix plus que compétitif. Très satisfait. Fondu des barres d'aluminium et de zinc pour l'instant et très satisfait des résultats!!!

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It's pretty much ready to go right out of the box, incredibly easy to use, and heats better than I was expecting. This thing is worth every penny, and if you're looking to do a little backyard smelting and forging, this is the perfect gadget to get started with.

I knew this would not fit straight to Aussie gas bottles, but I didn't know how I would solve the issue. One reviewer suggest buy a new regulator and hose set - research indicated $80-100. I found a male to male brass adapter on Amazon for $20. The Australian bottle takes a POL fitting (left hand thread, requires a wrench or handle to tighten) and the regulator is QCC-1 ( right hand thread, less than 1 turn hand tighten). The instructions did not cover sealing the carcinogenic ceramic fibres - after a couple of hours of online research, I chose refactory cement - 2 kg should do it. I used the back of a plastic teaspoon to apply and a very wet mix - I tried a brush, but it pulled at the fibres and wouldn't coat them. The instructions did not mention tempering the crucible, but another hours inline research gave me an idea how to do it. I cured the refactory cement and tempered the crucible at the same time - i only used one burner, had the valve almost closed and the regulator set at less than 5 psi. It still reached 1100c in half an hour - I would have preferred to do it more slowly - and shut it off, left the lid on and let it cool to ambient temperature overnight. The refactory has set and the crucible has a nice finish - no glassy beads. If the burners had air chokes, I feel I would have been able to temper/cure more slowly. The tongs are really only suitable for placing stock in the crucible - place it, dont drop it in. I spent an additional $500aud on a lift/pour tong set, refactory and firebricks to sit the furnace, lid and crucible on, a 2.4kg cast iron ingot mould (aluminium is 1/4 weight of gold), gas bottle adapter, automotive drip trays to heat and pour on (I’m clumsy and aluminium can explode concrete) and a laser thermometer to 1880C (pizza ones only go to 550c). I am looking forward to my first melt and pouring some ingots. The furnace seems awesome and will get hot enough to melt in 15 mins. $289 well spent!