The "AGAIN" part of the title is because a few years back I posted a video of the first furnace that boys experimented with. Man! did that bring some bipolar emotional comments! Wow... I'm happy that people are concerned for the safety of my boys, but sheesh LOL.
Melting Aluminum
This video shows a new and improved furnace foundry. I forgot that this video existed. While digging around in my old videos I stumbled across this moment and decided to share it today. Perhaps someone will learn a little something and be inspired to use these ideas or improve upon them for their own creations.
Homeschool Fun!
My family is all about letting the kids experiment with science and they are allowed to experience the outdoors. To me there is no greater education than what nature and imagination can provide. My boys decided to do this all on their own. I let them. They have this cool looking aluminum trophy to show for it. They are not likely to forget this experience because they were allowed to work through the process on their own. The design of the furnace is theirs, the process was completed 100% by them.
What good is a trophy...
if you can't shoot it! This was the next logical step for my boys. What was this aluminum trophy good for except to see how it reacts to being SHOT! Haha, I thought it was great. They practice good range safety and like to see what the impact of different calibers have on different materials. Again... education that the schools cannot provide.
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