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phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Idiots!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I have melted aluminium in the kitchen.

But not on purpose.

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

RowdyRay Loc: MN

Complete morons. Have no idea how they didn't get severely burned. Stupidity or pure luck?

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Candidates for the Darwin Awards

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

You know they are stupid or didn't pay attention in high school science class just the fact they say they are SMELTING metal!!
Smelting is one step in the process of turning the ore into metal. They were melting the metal, and for no apparent reason other than to see if they could, and running around like fools.
Now does melting metal make them stupid, I would say if they had a reason, let's just say to cast fishing weights, make jewelry, make statues or maybe even a part for something, I think not just uneducated in the field.
I used to cast lead soldiers when I was a preteen this was usually done out on the back porch, safety gear, a pair of gloves and long pants, later years I made fishing weights, safety gear well hell I knew everything yeah right
everything was fine, until I decided to cool my mould in a bucket of water, my first lesson about steam pressure when I made my second pour and I got hit with molten lead, lesson don't do that anymore!!!
Now had I not tried different things I would not learned how to pour bearings, cast aluminum and brass etc.
And life goes on with a few scars or maybe not.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

There will be hundreds of dopes who will try to replicate aluminum smelting in their Mom’s kitchen.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

My wife will not allow me to smelt metal in the kitchen. Or to make explosives. She is just no fun at all!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

"Smelting" is the use of heat to extract a metal from ore. What they are doing is simply "melting" what appears to be aluminum in a stainless steel pot.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I have eaten smelts. I don't recommend them in the kitchen or anywhere else....

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Funny. I hope they don't try melting lead indoors.

LXK0930 Loc: Souh Jersey

I had an uncle who owned a scrap metal yard in the 1940's. He somehow obtained all kinds of weird stuff (anyone need a pre-WW2 olympic sled?). Anyway, he gave me a set of toy soldier molds and some lead bars. At about 8 y/o, I was regularly melting lead and casting soldiers. It's a miracle that I didn't burn the whole neighborhood down. Also, I never developed lead poisoning (I think!).

srt101fan

Ah, come on! Fried smelt are an awesome treat!!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Thank you !!