Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get a pool of melted aluminum out of the bottom of my forge? I was at my count of 10 on my third heat and got distracted for about 5 seconds... you know the rest. Regards
I had the same thing happen with brass once. If it is stuck hard, then heat it back to the melting point then scrape most of it onto a piece of sheet metal. The rest may have to be chipped out after a through cool down.
I have one full fire brick and a half of one on the bottom of my Whisper Momma...when I put borium or even forge weld the slag or starts a buildup..when it is bad enough I think it is stealing heat I just change the bricks or flip them over..
I think I'm going to forge myself a long "spoon" and try to spoon it out. It's only about 12 inches of 1 x 3/8, LOL. Maybe I can get some melted flux to come with it. If that works, then I'll probably lay some firebrick in the bottom. I probably should have done that before, like I have in my NC. The aluminum is in my Forgemaster. I'll let you know if I set myself on fire. Regards
Problem solved. After coming up with an elaborate plan to build a tray out of an old piece of metal siding, on which I could put the forge, and getting the aluminum molten, then tipping the forge over so that the metal could run out in the tray, I headed for the shop. The first thing I did was measure the width of the forge. Then I opened the door and looked inside. One corner of the blob of aluminum looked like I could get a screw driver under it. I went and got a little pry bar, stuck it under the blob, and it popped right out. As a bonus it brought a big part of the flux I had melted in there over the years with it.
