If you’re interested in melting metal, and you totally should be because it’s basically the most fun way to recycle soda cans, The Art of Weapons details how to make an electric foundry for metal ...

If you have an excess of soda cans lying around—or just looking for a cool project to work on—this mini foundry can melt metal and doesn't cost very much to build. Melting things is fun, and this ...

Consisting of 500 concave mirrors mounted on a heliostat that allows them to track the Sun, each is focused into furnace’s ...

So the casting didn't go great. First, open molds suck, wasted a lot of extra material on overspill. Second, I suck at pouring. Finally, the kinetic sand didn't work as well as I hoped. When I made ...

Molten copper is cast into copper anodes in the foundry of Aurubis AG, an employee is controlling the melting and casting process on February 7, 2014 in Luenen, Germany. Getty Images FRANKFORT, Ky. — ...

Vacuum induction melting was originally developed for processing of specialised and exotic alloys and is consequently becoming more commonplace as these advanced materials are increasingly employed.

Let’s face it — the design of most home foundries leaves something to be desired. Most foundries are great at melting metal, but when it comes to pouring the melt, awkward handling can easily lead to ...

Watch old broken electric motors transformed into flawless copper ingots! From wire extraction and melting to casting and forging, see the full recycling process in action.