Customer Reviews for VEVOR 6KG Propane Smelting Furnace Kit Melting Furnace Stainless Steel 2700℉

The forge melts aluminum quite well. The gloves are inadequate heat shields for the hands. The “ingot mold”, it too small for anything other than gold. I had to buy a realistic sized one independently. Both the firebrick and the crucible arrived cracked. Despite limitations, it is a low cost way to get in to melting metals.

What i like is the furnace heats quickly. What i did not like was there was No set up instrctions it's best guess.

My product is slightly different than the one pictured above. My gas regulator does not have a gauge, but the new one simplifies the use of adjusting the gas. My regulator just has a knob that will open and close and more you open it, the bigger the flame and hotter it gets. It was easy to adjust the gas and the air intake to the desired temperature. I had it running continuously for over an hour and melted 5 crucibles full of aluminum. The stainless steel did not discolor like the previous painted black versions. The hinge heated up and distorted slightly, while wearing my heavy gloves I was able to adjust the lid to align and close fully. I'm very pleased with this product and would definitely buy it again.

Package arrived in good shape with all the parts and assembled easily. I am new to casting so I am not sure the volume of metals yet but my first try was a success with a 1 kg ingot of aluminum using just cans. I heated this furnace up until it glowed red inside and after cooling it showed no visible wear other than a few brown marks, so It appears this will last a long time.

Great little furnace. This is my first time doing anything like this but it was very easy to set up and start using. Heats up fast and I’ve done five pours so far on my first tank of propane. I hope to get more. Had to contact customer service about a small issue, but they were on top of it and have already resolved my problem. The only issue is that I like this one so much that I’m going to want a bigger one before too long. I’ll definitely be using these guys again.

This was my first furnace, so keep that in mind as you read this review. I've been "learning as I go". I ordered this furnace to smelt gold from black sands, as the gold in my area is scarce, and what is available is mostly microscopic.The package was shipped very quickly, and arrived without any damage or other delivery issues. Everything unpacked quickly, and I was on to assembly.

This little furnace works great! Just got to test it out today. Heats up fast. Easy to setup. Has everything you except for propane and ppe. The video for setup was nice to have. Watched it twice, then setup furnace. Had setup in couple of minutes. Handling the furnace and crucible took a minute to find a good way to use tongs but now that I learned a good way it’s pretty easy. Crucible stuck to fire brick once, not sure if that was just from being new but it did eventually fall off. Started with some cans then threw in some piece of aluminum valves. They melted down in couple of minutes. I will have to work on pouring the liquid metal without the slag falling out of the crucible too. I just used some cheap muffin tins as molds. It worked but wasn’t easy getting them out. Will have to find a real mold. But for the test runs the tins did work. All in all worked better than I expected. I’m looking forward to more work with the furnace and hopefully doing some copper and brass too.

Overall this is a great starter furnace at an excellent value for the money. Highly recommended for those who wish to do casting of nonferrous metals as a hobby or on an occasional basis.

All in all, I would recommend this to anyone who is considering getting into melting metals that need higher temperatures. Though I have not tried to melt copper yet.

I got a great deal on this unit and decided to try it. I've had it for several months now but finally got around to breaking it in and melted about 60 cans the other night. It lit and ran good, took a bit to get the gas on the bottle, the control on the propane hose and the air adjustment on the furnace adjusted right, but once I did it made short work of the cans. You will want a spoon of some sort with a decent length handle to get rid of the dross that forms from the paint and crap on the cans. My crucible also didn't have a pour spout and I learned I should have filed one because I poured a lot of the aluminum on the ground, lol. oh well, first time trying anything like this and had a great time, can't wait to do more.