Metal Melting?

[arknor]

Surely there is some health hazard involved? I hope you are taking precautions OP.

flu like symptoms from breathing in the fumes of most metals.

he needs a respirator for metals imo even if its done outside

you don't want those tiny particles in your lungs

 

[iron_monkey]

zincs what you need to watch out for, so anything galvanized.

 

[alexakasloth]

From what I remember of my welding course, Cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc and lead all have potential toxic health risks. So any galvanised, stainless, copper, brass. Just best to have a respirator with filters for fumes/ all round (P3R).

 

[gamerdude1989]

Im mainly doing this for fun tbh. All the melting down...
I already do gold recovery, mainly for fun.. But also as a future value....
People invest in bitcoin.... I invest in gold... Not as unstable as crypto
So im mainly just having fun with this too..
Sure, i can scrap the metal how it is.. But there's no fun in that haha...

Its just for fun...
and because i already melt down gold.. So same topic of hobby haha

and no.. Im not a gypsy.. I just happened to do a lot of work on my house recently.. and now have a garden full of scrap metal haha

But yes.. I like Dags I like snakes more tho

 

[arknor]

I already do gold recovery, mainly for fun.. But also as a future value....

do you do the stupidly dangerous mercury thing they do in the 3rd world?

 

[~>Dg<~]

most things like motherboards and stuff is ground up and done in acid. not like in china and stuff. as for investing in gold. always a safe bet.

 

[gamerdude1989]

do you do the stupidly dangerous mercury thing they do in the 3rd world?

Gold recovery is done with Nitric Acid, Hydocchloric acid etc...

All gold plated connectors from pc motherboards, CPU's, RAM sticks, etc, Are bathed in Nitric Acid to dissolve all other base metals... Leaving gold flakes in the bottom...
I then dissolve the golf flakes with hydochloric acid mix...
and then Precipitate the gold back to solid gold dust form.. Then melt the dust to be a nugget of pure gold...

(Simplest version of the process)

Ive tried investing in crypto etc.. its a long process, that isnt always guaranteed...
So now i invest in gold.... Gold is at its highest price ever...
Instead of savings in cash.. I keep savings in gold...
Mainly for my wife and children, To be financially stable, if / when i pass...lol

I dont sell it.. I keep it all..

 

[user_name]

I melt lead for fishing leads, last 19kg bottle i got through probably ~200KG of lead
But lead melts at 327c.. coppers 1000+c so ymmv quite a bit

 

[Werewolf]

If you're at 300 blacksmithing with the ingots already, are you going for hand of rag?

If anyone goes anywhere near my valourite stash they're taking a dirt nap and I don't care if i turn red for a bit.