This is my first gas furnace and happy with the first smelting session. I let it heat up and dry burned for a bit and didn't see any crazy discolored Joints. I moved on to trying to meltdown some cans. Wasted some gas in learning how to get it smelting temperatures without suffocating the flame. Three crucibles worth before I ran out of Gas (I was about a quarter full starting anyway).

It came in with a bad thread on the hose/mixer tube. They sent replacement one out immediately after I let them know. Good customer service, USA company who clearly takes pride in what they do. Other than that it worked well for the melts I have done. It would be helpful to have a video on how to adjust gas/air flow for the beginners who will buy this.

I ordered this furnace in order to get started in sandcasting. It is the perfect size for my needs and comes with every thing you need to operate the furnace to include a roll of Teflon tape to seal the gas connections. YOU MUST supply your own safety gear. The packaging was robust and arrived undamaged. Everything was in the box that was supposed to be along with a paper with a link to a set up video. My first test burn was to familiarize myself with the furnace and to "season" the crucible for use. Everything worked well and burned hot. I am on my way to a new hobby of sandcasting. The one thing I wish that was included and would be very useful would be a users manual with some tips and tricks. As it is, all you get is a slip paper with a link to a video on set up and lighting. I feel there is a lot more information that can be given by the manufacturer on how to operate the furnace effectively. However, there is a lot of information out there and will not be a problem to figure out what to do. Overall I am very happy with my furnace and would make the purchase again many times over.

A nice little package for anyone getting started in metal casting. Furnace came double boxed and well packaged. All the items were included. Setup was pretty easy, though the video was available if you needed help. Took a little bit of tuning to get the burner to the correct setting, but just standard adjustment, no problems. Started out melting some aluminum cans, which melted quickly and poured nicely into muffin tins. A nice little setup. The only real drawback of the package is the included tongs, they do work, but if you are going to do a lot of pouring you may want to upgrade to ones that are a little heavier/longer.

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Very easy to use. I have melter copper brass and aluminum. It would be a 5 star but the furnace only came with the ceramic insulation. I bout hellcote 3000 to finish it off.

Works great for my application. I can smelt the gold that I had previously melted in my electric furnace. You can melt copper, brass, aluminum, it will get really hot fast.

This item does work as intended. I have an issue with the tongs, since they aren't the right type to hold the crucible and pour. The firebrick cracked with the first use, so that could've been better. The insulation in the lid falls off every time I open the lid, but that's not that major an issue...more a simple annoyance. Buy better gloves, guys...these transfer heat straight through and will burn the bugger out of you. I'm leaving 4 stars because the item works tremendously well. Replace the tongs with a decent set that can be used to hold the crucible properly to pour (they're not hard to make) and replace the gloves and you'll be good to go.

As a first time melter, the instructions were OK not comprehensive. I watched many YouTube vids prior to firing up the forge for the first time. I did have some issues connecting the regulator to my propane tank. I had to remove a plastic ring/seal that was on the very tip of the nipple, then push very hard to get the threads started. I will be upgrading the adapter to a grill tank style fitting, the regulator one doesn't seem to thread in very far. The round firebrick in the bottom wasn't flat and caused the crucible to rock slightly. The bottom firebrick broke into many pieces during my first use. There are no instructions that tell you how far the burner gets installed into the furnace, it would be nice if there was a stop. I had the burner in so far it was protruding slightly through the insulation, the paint on the burner melted back to the feed pipe. Looking back, I think it was only supposed to go in about 3/4". There is no insulation retainer in the lid, it kept falling out when I opened the furnace (This was very annoying when trying to get the hot crucible out.). I think I may weld some tabs pointing to the center around the edge of the top. The gloves provided aren't really any good, they're too short to protect the hair around your wrist and very thin like they were an afterthought (invest in some heavy duty welding gloves). The instructions need some kind of guide as to what pressure should be used to reach a set temperature. I have some new firebrick on the way, along with some refractory cement to better protect the Kaowool insulation. Some fruits of my labor, I still need to figure out how to make clean (non bubbly) ingots. The mold provided is very, very tiny, I wasn't able to pour anything into it without making a mess... Also, try not to use cheap multi-piece muffin pans as a mold... As you can see in my picture, the copper fused itself to the muffin cup and won't come off.