Open Source Electric Arc Furnace

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Basics

- Uses a power supply and an electric arc to melt pretty much anything you throw at it

- Is inexpensive to run, but costly to build

- Is also very clean (so much so it can be used indoors)

- Very Fast (ie secconds or minutes to liquification of pretty much anything)



Used For

- Melting Pretty Much Anything (Rock Included, Basalt Casting/Fiber Anyone?)



Industry Standards

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Existing Open Source Designs

This Design by "The King of Random"

- Build Guide

- Impressive Demo + Overview

- Another Demo



Minimum Viable Product

- Cheap (to run and build)

- Reliable

- Durable

- AC or DC in

- Intigrated Power Supply + IO

- Lets Shoot for 100 Uses Before Failure

- Made In Conjunction with OCI

- Uses the Open Source Metallurgy Crucible



Basic Desigm

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BOM

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See Also

- Open Source Metallurgy Crucible




Useful Links

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