If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the ...

Such pots were very complex to make. Being able to produce one meant it was possible to make almost any iron componentCasting by pouring molten metal into a hollow mould is the quickest way of ...

1908 - Israel Zangwill's play about immigrants in America becomes one of the most successful productions in the history of Broadway. Zangwill updates the story of Romeo and Juliet. This time ...

KSL's COLD Podcast suggests a melted metal object in Josh Powell's minivan might have been a power tool. Josh Powell's purchase of a torch raised suspicions about his involvement in Susan Powell's ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Gallium, a lesser common element, has some neat tricks up its quickly melting sleeve. It melts in your hand, can be used to make a gag spoon, and can turn a typical ...