Someone to melt down some brass

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Does anyone here have a set up to melt brass? I have three brass figures that I would like to have melted down and turned into rod to use in the shop. It is 73oz of brass in all. If you are set up for this let me know how much to do this. I would like it in maybe some 5/8" and 3/4" rods/bars if possible. Or maybe I am just dreaming.......

Thanks,
Chris
 
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It would be better to buy it. . Brass 360 made for machining and turning has speciific properties and alloys to achieve that. Your figurines will have a different composit make up. When remelting metals Zinc in particular is burnt off affecting the recast metals properties. Also it tends to have inclusions and Pits in the metal. Most rod is not cast as much as rolled in to shape and then ran through a reducing mill to the desired diameter.
Not that it cant be done or used once it is done. You may need someone that has sandcasting ability.
 
mredburn said:
It would be better to buy it. . Brass 360 made for machining and turning has speciific properties and alloys to achieve that. Your figurines will have a different composit make up. When remelting metals Zinc in particular is burnt off affecting the recast metals properties. Also it tends to have inclusions and Pits in the metal. Most rod is not cast as much as rolled in to shape and then ran through a reducing mill to the desired diameter.
Not that it cant be done or used once it is done. You may need someone that has sandcasting ability.
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Thank you Mike, now that's good feedback and exactly what I was needing to know. I was not sure it could be done but want to salvage the material if I could.
 
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