What if I took a cinder block, cut it in half so theres only one hole left
then just lit a fire in the hole and melted some aluminum
(could use some suggestions on how to melt the aluminum without covering up the fire)
this would all be done with a wood fire of course....
so do yall think it would work?
i also want to know if I could mold the melted aluminum in to frizbees
thanks in advance

The melting point of aluminum is over 660 degrees Celsius. Good damn luck reaching that temperature with an unassisted wood fire.

You'll need at the very least some form of accelerant or at least heavy oxygenation to the fire to get anywhere close to hot enough.

Oak, which is a really dense wood, gets as hot as 1200 deg F at its absolute hottest, which is 648 deg C.

So yeah, you're going to need an acetylene torch or something to get that hot.

I kept thinking to myseff why did this topic seem so familiar.

http://www.gamedev.n...lting-aluminum/



However I think a relatively safeway to do this would be inline with

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Uploaders comments "Me melting aluminum at my shop. The device is a 1200 Watt CalRod heating element embedded in a Perlite / Furnace Cement (4:1 ratio) refractory. The crucible is a ceramic jar I found at home, it holds 700 mL. The temperature is somewhere around 900C (1650F) or higher... Spent less then $50 dollars to make it."

and definitely not like this

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I know it's not a wood fire like you posted about...but less than $50 seems to be a very cheap trade off for a lot less risk

An interesting link for you

http://lifeinthefast...ing-room-video/

A section of the lyrics:

Don’t put your nephew in the microwave.
Don’t summon demons with the ouija board.
Don’t try to make new holes in your belt while you are still wearing it.
Don’t try to swim to the island.
Don’t throw darts at people.
There is no such thing as a metal frisbee.
Don’t climb on the roof.
Don’t throw stones at me to try to attract my attention.
Don’t shut your eyes while you’re driving.
Don’t drink the grey wine.
Don’t swallow pills that you find in the street.
Don’t stab people with old syringes.
Don’t make your own fireworks.
Don’t drop slabs from motorway bridges.


Which is of course contradicted by the origination of frisbees

http://www.hiddenhistoryofbridgeport.com/2009/03/pie-plate-that-made-bridgeport-famous.html