Open Source Electric Arc Furnace

Basics

• Uses a power supply and an electric arc to melt pretty much anything you throw at it
• Is (relitively depending on electricity cost/availability) inexpensive to run, but costly to build
• Is also reletively clean (so much so it can be used indoors)
• Very Fast (ie secconds or minutes to liquification of pretty much anything)
• As of 2020 this page is mainly on small welder run style devices
  • The Induction Furnace makes the larger versions mainly irrelevant, but some materials will require them
  • This page can be split and organized once it grows
• A Simple One Can be Made With a Welder, Some Sort of Carbon Rod, ans 1-2 Firebricks

Used For

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

Existing Open Source Designs

This Design by the Youtube Channel "The King of Random"

• Build Guide
• Impressive Demo + Overview
• Another Demo

Minimum Viable Product

• Cheap (to run and build)
• Reliable
• Durable
• Intigrated Power Supply + IO
• Lets Shoot for 100 Uses Before Failure
• Made In Conjunction with OCI
• Uses the Open Source Metallurgy Crucible
• perhaps use the Universal Power Supply

See Also

• Open Source Metallurgy Crucible