Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!csn!news From: grusin@boulder.Colorado.EDU (GRUSIN MICHAEL) Newsgroups: trial.rec.metalworking Subject: wanted: info on backyard smelting Message-ID: <1990Dec12.234545.8492@csn.org> Date: 12 Dec 90 23:45:45 GMT Sender: news@csn.org Reply-To: grusin@tramp.Colorado.EDU (GRUSIN MICHAEL) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: tramp.colorado.edu I'm interested in hearing about peoples experiences doing small-scale smelting and casting; I occasionally see ads for books on "building charcoal powered furnaces capable of melting aluminum cans"; does this work? Is it practical? (I've got a lot of aluminum cans saved up =) - Mike Grusin (grusin@tramp.colorado.edu)