Well, there's no way I can get anywhere near the melting point of aluminium so no worry there.
Thanks for the chat !

Oh ok, fairly simple foundry but i like that. Look at the following website, sure helped me alot: http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com

That website is already on my favourites list !
Lots of good stuff on there.
It really is a shame that lead is toxic to mess with. If it wasn't for that it would ...

I just keep that draught blowing through - I imagine my next-door neighbours will eventually suffer a prolonged and agonised death.
My little furnace is made from a steel tool box - One of those boxes with a doubled hinged lid and a lift-out tray. I discarded the tray, cut a circular opening in one ...

Or jsut start off with tin, practise yo will spend a bit more money but if you get it from the right places it is virtually nothing anyway(my tip, if you buy buy in bulk). when you are used to handeling molten metal move on but belive me molten metal can be very very painful, i have one made this ...

Tin is pretty expensive though....... and doesn't have the weight of Lead or Zinc. To its advantage though - Tin has a lower melting point than either of the other two metals, so it's not such a job to cast it.

[quote="blafen"]Do not melt zinc, the fumes produced from burning zinc are much more poisonous than those produced by melting lead, Caution must also be taken when welding or otherwise heating any piece of galvanized metal.

INCORRECT ! -
Lead is much more toxic than Zinc. The symptoms of Zinc ...