"Pete C." wrote:



Would an oxyacetylene setup make sense, be at all economical for run of the
mill smelting? Or good only for special projects?

O/A is expensive. I don't think it's practical for anything beyond
jewlery work in thimble sized crucibles.


Works fine for crucibles significantly larger than that, easily works
for cup sized crucibles.
But I have also used clay and grass open hearth with charcoal for
that same size with bronze. Not a whole heck of a lot slower.


jk