Quote Originally Posted by awerby View Post
[Yes, I noticed that. (Nice induction furnace, by the way! Is that home-made?). But I worry about the people who watch You-tube videos and go out to try this at home, in t-shirts and tennis shoes, with the kids all crowding around. You could shake off that "bottle rocket" explosion you got on your first attempt, but it might be a life-changing event for them (and not in a good way).]
It is an informational video of what we do here. We go out of our way to discourage others from trying it at home.

How many of these people that you have in mind, just happen to have an induction furnace laying around that is able to melt a pot full of copper at a flip of a switch?

I could only hope that if someone owns *any* type of professional industrial equipment, that they know how to use it properly and safely before attempting to even turn it on.

Note that I spend 5-minutes going over basic metal safety in this video:
Lost PLA 3D Print to Metal Casting; Complete