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Forge for melting metal

A forge is the best option if you are looking for a good tool to melt metal. A forge is a furnace that helps you to heat metal until it melts. Please, keep in mind it's very hot so you have to be extremely cautious; left 1/2. One way how to use a forge, step by step; How to safely and effectively melt metal in your homemade or factory made forge.  

Get the Forge Ready: Clean out your forge and make sure there is no junk or debris inside it before you start melting any metal. A clean Boqiao Aluminum casting parts forge works better and is safer. The second thing you will need to do is fuel the forge. Coal, charcoal or even propane gas can be used as your fuel source depending on the type of forge you have.


A Beginner's Guide to Forge Work

Prepare the Metal: Preparing your metal is very critical before entering it into a forging process. For starters, be sure that the metal is clean and does not have dirt or other debris on it. From there, the metal was chopped into significantly smaller segments. Larger chunks of metal will take a very long time to melt compared with the small stuff.  

Forge Melting Metal: After the metal is in the Boqiao Gravity die casting machines forge, it will begin to heat up and eventually melt. Once it starts to melt, watch your metal closely and on the dot. You should be trying not to let it melt too fast or slow. And if you notice it melting too slow or too fast, then you can start controlling that forge temperature better by adjusting the fuel.

 


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