#4-8Kg Clay Graphite Crucibles Premium Black Foundry Cup Furnace Torch Melting Casting Refining for Gold. Also Great for Silver, Copper, Brass, Aluminum

For under ten bucks this thing rocks. We hold a blow torch to it to melt tin and it is perfect. Tin doesn't stick to it, heats up nicely. Hasn't cracked. Happy so far.

It did have a tiny chip at the rim, but that was likely due to the shipping company. Overall I think this was a great buy for what I needed.Pro's:- Handles high heat extremely well, my foundry gets upwards of 2800 degrees Fahrenheit if my thermocoupler is accurate, and this handles it like a champ- Great for large casts, this allowed me to cast a full size mastersword in a single pour- Relatively durable, so far Ive done 3 large pours and a few smaller ones with no cracks or excessive slag build upCon's- Non that Ive foundJust a reminder that its always a good idea to preheat any crucible used in a flame based foundry. Last thing you want to do is destroy it faster than necessary.

arrived quickly. Haven't used yet but look to be good quality. good value.

I purchased this a few months ago but hadn't really used it until about mid-September, It works GREAT and can hold a maximum of 7.5 lb of cleaned (dross removed) Pop can aluminum. Have had about a dozen or so pours and had zero issue until today when it cracked for some reason. The crack effectively cuts the capacity in half, but for the price, I'll just get a new one.I would recommend having an effective method of lifting it as I've been making do with a pair of channellocks and it's a bear to hold so close to the heat.

As I ventured into melting aluminum cans to pour into molds and make new products I needed a better way. So I ordered this crucible based on price and size, I received it and was amazed at the quality. It even has a pour spout to help guide melted aluminum into forms. Overall in very happy with this purchase!!!!!

I don't see how you could screw it up

The media could not be loaded. Mini Metal Foundry crucible. I bought this for Grant Thompson's 'Mini-Metal Foundry'. It fits perfect!. I have been melting holes into my stainless steel homemade crucibles and this is a serious upgrade. Note for shipping: this is not on Prime, but I ordered it Monday night and it arrived Thursday morning... fabulous!Pour spout: I have seen negative reviews about the dimple for pouring, or lack there of... mine came with a perfect pouring dimple in it... check out my pics.Size: I did not use the expensive plastic containers Grant had listed to build the interior of the foundry. I bought similar sized ones from the dollar store... WIN!!! Same with the containers to form the lid. You just have to understand the basic principle of how much space you need and then purchase a container that will suffice. I even found the stainless steel dish scrubbers (for added structural integrity... you need it) at the Dollar store.All that to say, I have just a hair more space on the inside of my foundry than Grant does, therefore, this crucible fits perfectly and I can get charcoal all around it. I'm not sure how tight it would be If I had bought the expensive blue buckets he had listed. I also purchased a little container from the Dollar store to act as the feeding hole in the lid... saves the time of having to cut one with the hole saw, and it's a lot less messy... check out my pics. If you have any questions, give me a shout, I have built 2 of these guys and had great success.Make sure you pre heat it a lot... I fired up the Foundry and kept the heat low... did this 3 times.

So, I ordered this crucible and when I opened the box, it was broken into 10 or 15 pieces. I got on the computer right away to start my exchange or refund.. I was hoping for an exchange because I really wanted this item.. I received my new crucible 2 days later, packed the way the first one should have been, in perfect condition. The return process for the damaged one is probably the most convenient return Ive ever had. Take a pic of the label they send to your email, take the return to the UPS store in its original box,. and they tape it up and print the label and send it off while you're back at home, enjoying the perfect replacement.. would definitely order from them again.