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cans
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:08 pm
by homedepotpro
you know those soup cans are those aluminum, steel or tin? I trying to find material for my forge.
Re: cans
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:59 pm
by Lentamentalisk
homedepotpro wrote:you know those soup cans are those aluminum, steel or tin? I trying to find material for my forge.
Soup cans are typically bimetal, made of several metals layered (or is it alloyed?) often with steel as a base (?)
don't quote me on any of this
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:17 pm
by Novacastrian
I know that America uses more metal making bottle tops than cars!
I would think that soup cans would be steel, with a plastic inner lining.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:31 pm
by cwazy1
pretty sure aluminum, its prolly not 100% , but its mainly composed of that.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:36 pm
by spudgunnerwryyyyy
They are steel with a lacquer lining. You would have to burn off the lacquer lining before you smelt them. btw they are steel because the condense of them is cooked and aluminum wouldn't be the best.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:12 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:14 pm
by homedepotpro
thanks guys i also wiki'd it and it said most are steel with a tin coating. any easy cheap source of aluminum, ex. soda can...
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:16 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
homedepotpro wrote:any easy cheap source of aluminum, ex. soda can...
wiki strikes again 
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:58 am
by nz_cannons
There steel, some have a coating, like the above post said tin. We burn our rubbish and there is a "huge" pile of burnt cans, and guess what, they all rust. Basically a huge pile of rust lo.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:42 am
by psycix
You can use the main body from an old HDD as aluminium source.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:54 pm
by st.croixsurfer
I think it would be aluminum or some sort of cheap alloy.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:07 pm
by ammosmoke
Pop cans are generally a cheap aluminum alloy, and soup cans are cheap steel with a coating. You can get cheap aluminum from your local machining shop or surplus store if you have one. Where I live I can go to Boeing surplus or pacific sheet metal and they have really cheap metal there.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:56 pm
by Fnord
If you are looking for aluminum to melt, snag some damaged engine blocks from a scrapyard. Huge volume of metal, and cheap/free.
If you are looking for something to melt stuff in, soup can will work for a while, but they break down quickly. Get some 2" pipe + a cap, or weld something up.
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:09 pm
by homedepotpro
i actually finished building and i test my mini forge tonight. Ill have pics soon but I was using a clay pot as a container and it totally cracked so i need to make/find a new container. I did get the clay red hot though and i melted a bunch of pennies (97.5% zinc) in a 2'' galv. cap. It was sweet