Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is the first actual furnace I have ever purchased, and I have to say that it has exceeded expectations to an astounding degree. Within an hour of first setting it up, I was casting aluminum with minimal effort. My next attempt involved making brass, specifically Prince Rupert's Brass, which is used as imitation gold. Due to the comparatively high temperature brass melts at, I had never achieved it before. However, after about thirty minutes in the furnace, the brass flowed like water, and I managed to get a bar with a total mass of 440 grams. Overall, the furnace and all of its included accessories are fantastic. I can say with near complete certainty that it will reach temperatures hot enough to melt and cast gold, silver, tin, aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, and nickel, as well as many alloys made from them. If you are going to buy this furnace, I have a few tips for you. 1. Please, please, please buy safety gear. Speaking from firsthand experience from when I was just starting metalworking, liquid metal is not something that skin should ever come in contact with. TRUST ME. As a purchase alongside this furnace, some leather welding gear and a plastic face shield can save you a lot of grief and pain in the unlikely event of accident. 2. Check the propane connections thoroughly. This is essential to make sure that you are safe. 3. When you are finished with smelting, and you go to turn off your propane, turn it off at the source (the tank) first, and then wait before closing the other valves on the pipe. This will prevent flares, which are dangerous and not a fun thing to have to explain to your neighbors while the yard is burning. 4. SMELT OUTSIDE, IN A PLACE WITH VENTILATION. Depending on what you work with, gases ranging from the moderately irritating aluminum oxide to toxic silver oxide may be created as a byproduct of smelting. Be sure that you don't breathe that in. It hurts a lot, and you will not get the taste of metal out of your mouth for weeks. It sucks. So please, smelt outside, somewhere safe. I hope you enjoy smelting with this furnace as much as I do!