Melting Aluminum Cans At Home - Easy DIY Recycling Process
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2019
- Today I'll be melting about 300 aluminum cans at home in my backyard foundry. I have been saving these beer and soda cans from some time and I'll turn them into big pure aluminum ingots. This is a very simple DIY project that anyone can do with the proper tools. The whole melting process took about an hour and used a quarter tank of propane. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up and hit that Subscribe button for more.
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This video is for entertainment purposes only. Do not try and replicate this at home unless you know what you are doing. Molten metal is extremely hot and dangerous so always use precaution and protective gear when melting metal.
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For all those wondering, I don’t do this for the value of ingots in money. I don’t sell them at all. It’s main purpose is the artwork that I make from them.
Beautiful Inspiring work
Thank you so much for posting this video, I like it when CZcams puts good videos on my home section.
Questions If you don't mind, A few Questions:
if you were to sale the ignots vs taking cans to a recycle - would it be worth it? Considering the cost of your tanks - might you explain?
Thank you!!
I was gonna ask how it was recycling If you just melted them and did nothing with them. Really rad though bro
But whats the price for such an amount? 5,7 pounds..
Greetings from Denmark
Ok but it cool doing it like that
Having to crush all those cans looks like it would be soda pressing.
Damn...
Ha!
Sons of Abraham RT 😂😂😂😂
Finally a joke thats actually funny 😂😂😂
Sons of Abraham RT- 😂
Damn you, CZcams algorhythm! I didn't even know I cared about melting aluminum until now!
And then there's me just coming from a video recommended giving me the opportunity to watch 15 wild turkeys walking in a constant huge circle around a dead cat.
yeah....I was looking for videos on how to make my penis bigger.
Lol
I was learning how to make an Xbox 360 into a xbox One... This is a way better video ☺️
I laughed so you get a thumbs up and comment for me.
I used to work in an aluminum foundry. One mistake you make is pouring all the aluminum out of the ladle. Leave some in there, after you pour the two ingots, and the remaining will melt the incoming cans faster.
that is what I thought too.
Will I get more money with the pure metal at a scrap yard
@@dr.vthomas1389 would depend on the price of alum, I was thinking the same thing.
@@dr.vthomas1389 I don't think so, but someone might be willing to buy bars like this for more than the $0.50 cents you get per pound of scrap AL cans.
@@dr.vthomas1389
If you’re lucky they may give you a tiny bit more money, but it won’t be enough to cover the cost of running your furnace. And the scrap yard won’t pay you anything for all that hot sweaty work you did.
For those worried about the cost of melting- why would they do it to recycle them then. Just for fun. There's obviously a cost savings. This guy has a good time doing it. Why not let him.
Apparently he uses it for art he makes. So yeah, not really for any kinda resale value and more so to gather and organize materials for reuse later.
It take 5% the amount of energy to recycle a can then to create a can so is alot cheaper to recycle for big companies
I was using aluminum cans to make coins earlier today. They aren't worth anything but it's way to kill time and one day I may bury some in something that looks like a treasure chest just to prank somebody a thousand years in the future 😂
You're the cool neighbor everyone watches from their windows. " what's he doing now"?
If I lived Intown add Neighbors on both sides of me and one behind me, I would be the neighbor that digs a hole in the backyard at 2 in the morning and drop several large trash bags in it. Just to screw with people's heads.
"Hey Wilson"... "Howdy Ho, Tim!"
He was in the movie The Burbs, jk. That one neighbor........
Or on CZcams 😂👍🏼
Wow, I'm impressed! This reminds me of the bullet casting I do during the melting process to make lead ingots. In the summer of 1969, just before I volunteered for the Army, I worked in an aluminum casting foundry in Ft Lauderdale FL making transmission housings for dune buggies. Aside from the intense heat and black silica sand floating in the air I loved the whole process! Thank you for taking the time to make this video for us, sharing your creative problem solving, and it was just plain fun to watch!
I "liked" and subscribed!
Where do you grab your lead from, the range or wheel weights?
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You were in Army in 1969. You were in war.
"Its hot." The best, calmest, and most real comment I've ever heard from working around fire and metal...
Thanks for the video! I wanted to show my 5-year-old a quick example of metal moving from solid to liquid state and back, this was perfect.
"...so always use precaution and protective gear when melting metal." Those must be some heavy duty shorts and socks you are wearing.
He finally got some good gloves. But he needs to get a face shield, flame retardant shirt, hat and pants. Then a heat shield apron . Equipment wise he should get a better set of thongs to handle the pot during pouring process. I would put a better coating of insulation around it and a vent pipe on top to release the heat further in and over hear to limit the heat reaching him and other things in the area. Safety cost a little more. But that cost is far lower then even a small burn. Many people have been scared for life during similar events.
Lol!
@@thomasbergeron5166 i feel like it would melt through bone
And if there's any liquid in the cans it would rapidly expand sending aluminium everywhere
Do as I say, not as I do.
Bye Felicia 😂😂😂 classic man!!!!
And to the naysayers: they are simply jealous that you utilize your time CONSTRUCTIVELY. Certainly melting down aluminum to simply sell off to the scrapper is a total waste of time and money but when you turn that aluminum into projects , machine shop work and so forth the value shoots WAY up.
Afterall, blocks of aluminum are a dime a dozen but works of art……..PRICELESS.
The naysayers are simply unintelligent, you however are smartest!
You inspired me to collect 30 lbs of copper, melted all the wiring off and it paid me off at $3.49 per pound.
$100.00 for only 30 lbs of clean copper is far easier than aluminum cans.
Thank you
you melted the plastic off?
@@nkelly8774 I can either choose to strip the copper or burn the plastic all off...or turn it in dirty. More money turning it in clean.
Your video brought back a lot of memories. My father had an aluminum foundry from the time I was a few years old until my 20's. He smelted it from scrape and sold it to larger steel companies. Later he made a small table top portable BBQ grill out of aluminum and sold thousands and thousands of them. Although he did not as many, he also made ornamental aluminum house shutters He supported his family and made a good living doing so. I still have a couple of the BBQ grills in my attic and they still look brand new - not like the cheap ones that were made back in the 50's and '60's.
this is all just a huge cover story.. hes doing it to destroy the evidence of how much bud light he drinks before his lady finds out …
I'd do the same thing if I drank that trash beer...lol
Deep down I think she's always known he was gay
Jon Fortier good one! Can u melt champagne bottles? Ah...never mind. He buys all of them anyway🤗🤠
I drink Bud Lite to sober up,,,, lol ! 😁
@Sang Man 😂😂😂
I did something similar a few years ago. I used a cheapo bathroom fan with a dimmer switch to control airflow over charcoals and it worked great using an iron teapot as a crucible. Al is selling for < .60/lb so you don't get much if you're just recycling. Actually, if you're going to recycle these for money, this method will cost more than you will receive. Most average 12 oz beverage cans are approx 33 cans/lb and that includes paint and interior resin coating that burns off/gets separated from the Al. However, this is a great method to get somewhat clean Al for casting or for making parts/milling. I never did anything with them, there's still a 6 lb pile of mini aluminum cupcakes in my mom's garage.
If you want the material to have structural integrity you have to add degasing and grain refinement tablets, otherwise the material doesn't have much strength.
This was by far the most resourceful video I could have hoped to find.
I can't decide if your hobby is melting cans or drinking beer.
Er will Thermit herstellen.
Greetings from a creepy german guy
Why not both?
Lolololol
.ahhhhhhh...lol..you noticed that too huh?..
Lol.
Awe damn...you hit that on the head...still laffin ‼️
ExtraDork I hope not at the same time
First one requires the second one!
Who else didn't search for this video but ended up watching it
Aahhh, CZcams, here we go again.
guilty as charged. I have a lot of cans.
Holy fuck yes what is up with the algorithms? Let me guess, you were looking at conspiracy theory stuff??
Algorithms r life
😆 i know right.
Thanks for sharing!!!! You had me at "It's HOT."
This is the most enjoyable "something I have never seen before" of video I did not know I needed to see! Kudos from the Show Me state!
This reminds me of making fishing weights back in the days when I had the time. We made small weights up to 8oz. Went by the neighborhood tire shop to pick up the lead.
grt story.....
For everyone hating about such a waste he did, he turned 300 cans and a 1/4 bottle of propane with an hour of his time into cool conversation pieces and about $5,000 with the 2+ millions hits on CZcams... What did you do in the last hour. I know you spent 10 minutes watching him make money...lol 🤣
Thank you for saying it for me! 👍🏻 email me and I will send you a special gift
Never truer words spoke..uhhhh written!
@Worthvilleminimart Well said, PS im posting this and its at 3.478 million views lol
Does one really get that much money off CZcams for 2M views?
@@RobertFullStop 2 million views is no joke... It takes allot to get that high.... Most videos only hits a few 100 thousands at best
Brilliant video. Been wanting to try this for ages so I had my first "meltdown" last month. Used same method as yourself with an old propane bottle. Mostly kids coke cans and a few other bits i swiped from work. But i had great fun. i got just over 12lb of ingots. Took about 3 hrs. Got £75 from local metal recycler. Covered all my costs and bought some more coke for the kids !!!!
You bought coke for your kids ? Shame on you hahaha
@@49ccMopedWorld £75 for 12lbs of aluminum?! I’m in the US and not seeing a single type of aluminum going for more than 1 USD/lb. Is there really that much if a gap between European prices 2 years ago and US prices now? Or am I getting something confused?
Never days!! I think hes just making conversation
Nah m8 ally is between 60p and a quid max a kilo so I'm confused or I want the number for the scrappy u weigh in at
At least it's more waste kept out of landfills and it'll be used again
phew i thought i was the only one drinking 3 garbage bags full of bud light
Knew a guy who called them his savings account, he had huge garbage bags of them in the yard for the nickel deposit
Lol for me it's 25.4 oil cans of fosters. Maybe I should start making ingots out of them.
This is so cool! I love those sculptures they make by pouring aluminum in an anthill and I’d love to have one but they are way overpriced for me! This way I could make my own!
I could watch these types videos all day! There's something oddly facinating about molten metals and alloys.. Thank you for sharing this with us.. ☺
20 Years ago: That weird guy who melts stuff in his backyard
These days: A successful CZcamsr
CZcams money is getting weaker by the day. Soon he'll be worse off than 20 years ago. lol jk
And 20 years from now.....that guy with altzhiemers......
@B Sadi 4 months later...40k subscribers and over 3 1/2 million views. It looks like it's coming along.
🔥 this was hypnotizing and relaxing 😌 especially to the point were my daughter was in a deep stare watching that when he talked she jumped 😂🤣
Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome imagination. You make it simple. Grade: A++💥
I didn’t realize that watching someone melt aluminum would be so much fun!
Cool hobby understand the value of your own aluminum source ...your spot on the process...like your forge!!! Thanks for sharing 😎
The best part beside watching those cans melt was the "bye felicia!" 😄👌
In Michigan cans have a ten cent deposit (24 cans = $2.40) but it takes approximately 24 cans to equal 1 pound (1 lb aluminum scrap price = $0.35) so a deficit of $2.05 per case (24 cans/1lb) so this is definitely a hobby or art project while being an entertaining and informational/instructional video. Thanks for sharing and not being in it for financial gain only! Stay safe and avoid the fumes that lead to dementia and alzheimers
You pay taxes on those deposits. Maybe some states don't have those. So it might be less of a deficit
This was a great video! Very satisfying to see molten metal be poured and formed.
There is something satisfying and therapeutic in this. I remember a "Leave It to Beaver" episode where Wally asked if Beaver wanted to go in the garage and crush cans.
Lol that last bag you noticed when you put the empty box n bag away. The zoom said it all. Haha! 🤣
Came here from BigStackD! Devil Forge products rock. I'm getting my first 10kg furnace and kit next month. Super excited to start melting and making my own jewelry molds!
Very cool. Newbie here. Love watching how to melt different metals.
Me and my friends found a furnace in our street during council cleanup we took it and made daggers after watching videos tirelessly
Badass...
I'm just impressed about the amount of beer cans in there haha. It's also really satisfying watching the video seeing trash turned into something usable again.
Something primitive but satisfying in doing this...god bless u brother...way cool!
Don't know why but this is very relaxing to watch....
I live in Michigan and each aluminum can here is worth 10 cents! I couldn't help thinking that it was $30+ in cans that could have purchased a few more packs of soda or beer by itself. Still, thank you for the video! Here's hoping your projects turn out well with the ingots!
Wow, it's only 5 cents in Massachusetts.
@@tonyprice2256 it's zero in most states
Just made my first dozen muffin ingots. It's all about what kind of charcoal your using. Thanks for the DIY video bruh!
Dude, you are amazing! Keep up the wonderful work!!
I love doing this kind of stuff. Thanks for the video man.
This was quite a satisfying video and that "Bye Felicia" line at the end had me dying of laughter LOL
Lol, probably his ex's name
@@crweirdo8961 No, it's a line from the movie "Friday" With Ice cube and Chris Tucker.
@@toolshopguy2080 Huh, I'll have to add it to my list of movies to watch, thanks.
@@crweirdo8961 You've never seen "Friday" ??????!!!!!!!!! Smoke some weed first.
@@obijuankenobi6565 nah, been there done that, it's not for me.
I haven't tried getting drunk yet though, would that in any way enhance the movie experience?
It was very meditative for me, to watch this. Regeneration is always interesting.
What’s the neighbor doing over there honey? Oh just burning all his beer cans before his wife gets home!! Damn she’ll be melting her wine bottles next week why can’t we have money to waste on propane like that!!😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for getting back to me,I know the pain, of loosing someone close.thanks again.. from keV the punk Rocker
OMG, I started out watching repair videos for my Ram and ended up here? I won't lie, still watching... but I totally forgot about my truck.
Can't even remember what I was looking for initially. For sure not even the same ballpark.
Don't worry, we won't tell her
Dude I'm so addicted to these videos... I'm buying a U.S.A. Cast Masters furnace on Monday. I can't wait.
Looks like fun. Very satisfying to watch.
Don`t miss his next artwork video. What he does with that $4.00 can of gold spray paint is amazing!
We had a aluminum foundry operation for manufacturing OEM, aftermarket and Carter Fuel pumps, the first 4th of July holiday, management never considered that shutting off all of the exhaust fans might trigger the overhead, water fire suppressors... A huge vat of molten aluminum does not react nicely with cold water! lol
I really love watching melting videos in youtube and facebook. I really want to do it myself one day. Even though I do not know anything. What equipment to have, how the procedure etc. But i will learn!
Interesting vid. I do a fair bit of lead casting,( bullets) but never aluminium. I did make a can crusher , only one or two at a time though, crude but effective, however once I had a large amount of cans to crush so I had to speed up. Solution , placed a couple of hundred cans in an Australian nylon wool pack , roughly sewed the top and drove the tractor over it a few times, good crush in a very few minutes. We only get about $1 per kg. here for re-cycle, 75 cans per kg. ,so not much money in it. Some states pay 10 cents per can for re-cycle, which is a lot more attractive but mine doesn’t. Cheers Davox from Oz.
I am watching this just in case during the zombie apocolypse I need to make aluminum ingots.
Make crafting table first
For a weapon or a silencer?
@@genericchannel671 Ammo!!
@@mocap69 there's aluminum ammo? The only thing I'd use to shoot aluminum is a sling or a slingshot. Maybe a bow
drill a hole put a wood handle and smash smash the hell outta that zombie head
I wish I had friends like this growing up.. ah well I'll move to Phoenix, AZ.
Fantastic video, thanks for posting!
Liked and subbed :) Recently got my Vevor 12kg melter, rigidised it, waited 5 days to dry, today i put the refractory cement on and that'll be dry in another day. I was jealous of your lovely new devil forge in your other video with its nice smooth pre-cemented surface :)
After watching this, I've come to the conclusion the word "easy" in your title is extremely subjective :)
Funny how people can find something negative to say about a man pouring aluminum and not bothering anything/nothing
Yeah, sad. But criticize(e.g.) the gay agenda or police corruption and people are all over you. Foh!
If he's not bothering nothing then he's bothering something.
@@rggyuhtgggbji5017 Assert a gay agenda exists...
Yeah because when people go to all the trouble to make and post a video where millions of people will see it, it's not like they're expecting that anyone will have an opinion they don't like. (Sarc, of course)
It's you tube. If you post something here expecting nothing but wonderful compliments you're an idiot who deserves mocking.
@@geofraz4594 That makes no sense. As far as I can tell, the author made no such statement. Yes, this is "you tube [sic]", where anonymity breeds courageous trolling.
Good one. No music just real life sound. So much better than overdub voice or music.well done.
There was definitely music lol.
This looks really satisfying.
Always so great watching stuff melt, so soothing. I wish I only had 300 cans to melt, I bet I have close to 15K EWWW, that's a lot of melting lol. maybe this winter.
Haha yeah that’s a lot.. that’s why I try and melt mine little by little so I don’t have that many at once 👍🏻
Store it. Keep it prices will go up. Its awesome to have aluminum bars. I envy you sir. Very smart set up. Its easier to store bars than bags of cans. Very, very cool.
Just found your channel bro love the work you do, making beautiful badass art. Keep it up good Sir!!
This was interesting to watch. Thank you.
I really enjoyed watching this. I love shows like how it's made. Very educational and entertaining.
Another great video... Always gets me excited to melt metal myself.
Thank you 🙏
Love watching you grow I just recently hit 100 subscribers and baffled by it.
Can't wait to start doing things like this. I can see smelting metals and then using that to make metal art for an Etsy store to make some serious bank.
That propane tank furnace is pretty rad! 🍻🇨🇦
I love melting aluminum cans ,it’s fun
Couple things... First get you some fireman's gloves, their fireproof and perfect for messing with forges. Second you'll get better consistency by letting the ingots cool on a rack instead of quenching them... Quenching typically case hardens the metal making the outside harder than the center and causes internal stress, by air cooling you'll get a more consistent hardness throughout the material and better overall workability and quality
Doesnt matter here since they are for remelting.
@Von Musklaus metal finishing is a fun career and guess what videos we like to watch XD
Adam Haynes how can you forge it so it reacts and oxidizes the fastest?
@Von Musklaus erm,why is there always one....because there is always a bigger fish
Nice video man. 💯 Thanks for sharing 😎
thanks men, this was a very good show
I kinda want to paint them gold and pretend i'm rich.
Josh, your comment is the one that is the most stupid of all.
@Josh Robinson ok
@Josh Robinson You are infinite Love
@Joshua Robinson you are an evil heartless piece of trash. You must be a cop.
I like this guy, good job
Cool video. I'm interested in making 3D printed stuff, then using molten aluminium from soda cans and some greensand to make the 3D model into metal. Gotta figure out how to melt em first without an expensive kiln, this gave me some ideas! thanks.
Easy, yes. Dangerous? DEFINITELY.
I would like to put an extra emphasis on the term "with the proper tools" since this man is using the proper tools (except the first gloves that burnt out).
Good job!
Dangerous isn't the word to describe it. Its VERY dangerous. Molten metal or slag with any form of moisture is like a bomb. When water gets around molten metal, it's basically a bomb. Granted a little amount isn't bad but in the thousands if pounds amount, it is like an IED bomb. Water on top is okay but if water gets trapped under the metal it goes boom
It's going to take lots and lots of Bud Light to get this process started I'm excited
Honey I'm not an alcoholic, I'm saving the environment! ;-)
My eye is drawn to the pour... Mesmerizing.
Omg that is so satisfying.
I've watched this countless times.... I'm doing it. As an alcoholic... Got the cans, got ample time, and the need for extreme heat and compressed gas. I think this will be a great hobby to spark my path to recovery.
I use Blue Rhino when I need a new tank with a new date stamp. But they only give you 15 pounds of propane in a 20 pound tank, so your propane is costing you 25% more than a refill at the same price. (But then again, most refills are cheaper than that) The good thing is that you can turn in an out of date tank for one with a fresh stamp and refill it for years.
That was cool to watch.
You're amazing brother, ,,God bless you..
Very nice video , that’s a good hobby
Just an FYI for you and others that need aluminum somewhat in bulk like that, check with your local garage door companies as the drums and spring plugs used in the torsion systems are cast aluminum. When doors are “retrofitted” (replaced) all the metal is usually thrown in roll off dumpsters for metal scrap. The cast aluminum goes in with the ferrous (such a waste). Depending on how busy the door company stays you should be able to easily fill a couple 55 gallon drums a month. (I did for years)
over two million views, just shows how many folks are into melting aluminum.
Love to see the molten metal flow!
Love it! Wish it was silver and gold! whoo-hoo!
Everyone with the negative comments, explain to me how you got any metal Before you could buy it...I'm waiting. Oh that's right. Someone has to mine it, then process it, melting to shape it and then you get it in a store. This guy is just showing how. 🤦♀️
@Nikola Tesla At least, I know how to milk a cow.
Ok, positive comment here. Thanks god I don't have to do it, and this is positive.
@Hamish Munroe 😅 and what are the cans made out of? Aluminum ore that someone mined out of stone. This guy converts that metal back to its original state and reuses it to make other things. 🤦♀️
@@theodorekell thankfully none of us do. For now.
@Nikola Tesla are they for you? Well they aren't for everyone in the U.S. this guy has a hobby, others used to scrap to support their families. Now, even metal recycling isn't a sustainable business.
I like the cute little ingots you wind up with. Wish I had a use for aluminum, I'd make some.
On a scale from one to "easy, do it yourself", this is definitely closer to one, but if you have the setup, it's definitely a cool way to process metal into something usable
love how he flips up the molten aluminum
phoebe: So what kind of things do you like to do at home?
frank jr: Melt stuff.
I like what you've done. That takes a lot of patience to do it and fun at the same time. I also learn from it. I'd like to do that with silver scraps someday.
Yes. Silver, copper, nickel, etc.
Your propane tank forge is awesome.
That’s so cool!