does the hot pot -2 melt gold?
1854123
No it does not. Gold requires close to 2000 degrees F to melt. This hot pot is mainly for lead, which melts at a much lower temperature of 620 degrees F. It melts lead great! I can liquify a 1lb lead ingot in just a few minutes from a cold start.
1854124
Basically the answer is no, it won't get hot enough. These were designed for melting lead for bullets and fishing weights. Pewter can be melted as well.
1907178
If you are only going to melt lead, it will stand 700 degs. or more. beyond that I have no idea. The pot is cast iron and will take a lot of heat to melt.
95479
Yes it can. The gold plates to only a select set of metals but does not plate gems.
2222779
Yes but it is made almost entirely from metal so it will get very hot. Be prepared only to touch it with hot mits.
1169799
No, it is only designed to work with the dedicated base. It will not work without it. Stove will certainly melt the base, because it's not metal, but plastic.
1142883
Maybe, this smelting pot is meant for lead and pewter, which melts around 600-750 degrees Fahrenheit. Silver melts at roughly 1,700 degrees. Because this smelter doesn't specify how hot it gets and since I haven't maxed it out to find out I don't know. But probably not.
1594162
Yes, once it's heated a bit, it will dissolve and become part of whatever you're creating. Please forward any great discovered recipes!!!
19928
Yes, both gold and silver but sometimes it detects aluminum and tin as silver. Not a bad detector for beginers.
304751
No, it doesn't generate enough heat to melt solder or even pinpoint like a soldering gun. I see the other guy said it would but I still doubt it. You should take a piece of solder and hold the heat gun on it and see if it will melt. This will answer your question if you don't believe my answer.
723708
Yes, the entire pot is metal and it would be possible to leave on a hot plate. From my point of view the coffee would continue to cook. However, the pot is well insulated and will keep the liquid gold warm for a couple of hours. An arrow on the lid - pointed at the spout allows the coffee to be poured, whereas a quarter turn of the arrow closes it and helps to keep the coffee hot over time.
154300
No it doesn't get hot enough. Lead melts at 621° Fahrenheit , silver at 1763° Fahrenheit, gold at 1948° Fahrenheit. You need a furnace for gold and silver and a graphite or similar crucible. They are pretty easy to make yourself check some youtube videos on making electric casting furnace.
717533
depends on what you are burning, I melt gold on maybe a quarter tank for say ten minutes, so basicly you have to know your metal and how to work it. other metals take less time because the intense heat is not required as gold melts at 1100 to 1200c.
1597837
I can tell you that if it gets too hot it will melt and move around. I have gotten metal things back apart by heating it with a small torch. That's the only way I know of to get it melt a little. I've never found a solvent that will touch it.
1809275
No, it does lead, lead melts at 400 to 900 degree s aluminium is like 2000 degrees
1819017
Yes this unit can melt precious metals. The Programmable is geared more towards enameling, glass fusing and PMC art needing different temperatures and hold times in a single firing but not limited to just that use. The Quikmelt Pro models (top loader) are designed specifically for melting precious metals and come with a crucible and tongs. I would suggest looking into these for melting, but if you like the front loader design the RapidFire Pro non programmable would suite your needs for single high temperature firing.
1948403
Not recommended and wouldn't want to try. The pot is designed for lead and some alloys of lead. Aluminum has a melting point much higher (1100 - 1300 degrees) than lead at 750 Degrees.
1576986
If you are going to melt precious metals, you want to do that in a crucible that you can pour directly from. While this has the ability to melt those metals, you are going to have a lot of waste. This is really made to melt lead.