Because then I'd have two additional problems:

1) I'd have to buy a real tongs, too. (I understand ceramic crucibles
are fragile.)

2) I'd have to keep buying crucibles as they break.

Steve Smith wrote:
Why don't you buy a real crucible?

Steve Smith


PhysicsGenius wrote:

This brings up another point. Even if I torque it on there really
well, what happens when the whole thing heats up in the furnace? Is
the bottom going to fall off?

Man, I am so stupid for not having thought of any of this before.

Bob May wrote:

Get a wrench to tighten the end cap. If you have a torch, you also
will do
well to heat the endcap and quickly put it onto the nipple and that will
make things even more tight. Don't use teflon tape or any other
thing like
that as the tape will evaporate the first time that the thing is used.

--
Bob May
Losing weight is easy! If you ever want to lose weight, eat and
drink less.
Works every time it is tried!