(Nanowerk News) South Africa has plentiful solar energy and, at the same time, possesses a large aluminium processing industry. Researchers and industry are cooperating within the SOLAM (solar melting ...

South Africa has plentiful solar energy and, at the same time, possesses a large aluminium processing industry. Researchers and industry are cooperating within the SOLAM (solar melting of aluminium in ...

Microwave ovens are a treasure trove of useful parts: transformers, an HV capacitor, a piezo speaker, and a high torque motor, to name just a few. In a new twist, [Rulof Maker] strips all that out and ...

-Molten aluminum looks fucking awesome, especially when you pour it. -The fire extinguisher crucible worked fine, but it got hot enough that I'm worried about stressing the metal and I think it will ...

If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the furnace is ...

It may sound like a sci-fi weapon, but two scientists have created a real 'death ray'. The ‘weapon’ is built from the sort of materials found in people’s garages and harnesses the sun’s rays to melt ...