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I noticed the play button for the video is white on a white t shirt. Just tap the center of his shirt and the video will play.

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The exhaust hood is up! Now we layout and build a base plate for the furnace to set on.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/geVcT8bmVgcFHrHH9
Sent some steel plate off to be waterer cut for the reinforcement structure.

Also I got some used hydrolic cylinder for the tilt mechanism and to swing the roof off. I sent them in for a rebuild.

As soon as they come back I will post some updates.

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Shark said:
Keep posting updates, I find them very interesting.

Ditto . . .

I am really interested in what PM, noble or commodity metal you plan on doing your "tilt and pour" with? That is one heavy-duty "backyard" project if you're a hobbyist.

Please be setting up your operation in an NV local so I don't have to feel so lonely here in Northern CA :cry:

James :D
 
Cosmetal,

I plan to "employ" the furnace recovering silver from slag and processing silver from a smelting operation that uses it as a collector metal. On it's days off I want to process scrap copper from a variety of sources.

Shark,

Thanks. I will keep updating all the way through the first few heats.

My water jet pieces came in so I will have more video soon. In the meantime here is a short clip of the foundation platform installation.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/votyoH8C4bZtm3ea7
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Starting to take shape. It has a 1,000,000 BTU burner.

Plates came back from the water jet company. Everything fit!

I am burning the easy profiles with a track torch myself.

Everything but the 4 x 4 x 1/4 wall tube and the plate from the water jet company is scrap.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gA7Vmxesid5fPsPa9
Time for supper.



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"Planning to process any cats?"

Göran

Shhh... I will lose my foreman.

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Grind, grind, grind it's back to the grind.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VevriEujdmvBXTxa7
Grinding the welds doesn't just make it look good. It exposes any deficiency int the welds so they can be rewelded. (Not saying how many I had to rework : )

Should have set in the stands and on the stop post soon.

I found a good deal on ebay for the hydrolic pump, tanks and valves. I will post some pics when I get it in.

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Here is a cad file of a mixer dumper to charge the furnace. I found a new old stock Parker hydraulic actuator on ebay that will run off the same hydraulic pump and tank the tilt the furnace and swing the lid.

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This is like watching a reality show... can't wait for the first melt. :D

Göran
 
It will be awhile yet. But I will keep updating as I go. Including the first pour.

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