TOAUTO 3KG Gold Melting Furnace TGF3000,1400W 2000F Digital Electric Melting Furnace with Graphite Crucible for Melt Scrap, Silver, Gold, Copper, Aluminum 110V Refining Casting Furnace

Excited to use this at home meta smelter! The weight and material of the machine looks legitimate and a great value for the price.

Lets Start with the PoorAs commonly mentioned the stickers are not meant to be left on, and the company name plate comes off easily as it is clearly meant to be rebadged by many sellers.The paint on the lid is appearing to show heat stress and flaking after the first two uses.The gloves are far thicker and heat resistant than anything I owned before, but not designed to protect you from much more than a brush with the hot crucible or the ingot cast block.It feels a little slow for copper as the max temp for copper is right about the top temp of this furnace but aluminum feels far faster.The GoodIt did have everything I needed to get started. The gloves did protect me from accidental contact with the crucible when poking at the slowly melting copper pieces. I mean the gambling on cheap Chinese products I guess its worth pointing out that it works at all. The temperature is slow to respond, but I thought the temp control was consistent. I do have some questions about heat distribution as my first pour left some copper parts in the crucible that I had to put back in and finish melting. That could simply be impatience or the material closer to the top didn't get the same heating level.Despite some paint discoloration after the first firing I see no indication that this won't be able to carry on for quite some time.I appreciated the attempt to make a pour spout in the crucible, but I still managed to spill when pouring so be careful.Now that I know this is possible I look forward to trying to cast some objects and possibly try to fill 3D prints.

Over 2 years of ownership I have done a couple dozen smelts of small gold flakes and nuggets into either bars or coins. The electrical cord finally broke (or better said "fused" with my outdoor extension cord) on my last smelt thus rendering the system useless presently. Also it appears the internal casing has cracked in half.The Good: Easy to set-up, power up, set temp. A beginner can start melting metals within half an hour.The Bad: A beginner can start melting metals within half an hour. Doing pours for beginners is hairy. Graphite cylinders cool quickly giving you about 3 seconds to pour into small molds (that should be heated themselves btw.) After several uses system itself shows severe signs of internal wear, especially on heating element, interior casing and exterior of system...handle, bulb, and cap.Ideas: Consider making custom molds that can be inserted into furnace chamber directly to avoid pours. Consider including smelt "recipes" for flux...ie "50% volume of material in Chapman flux per full unit of material volume." The instruction booklet could do with a full revamp.Overall good deal in terms of price and utility, but beginners should think about ventilation, safety, and quality of furnace at all times. Full face protection and full length welding shirts have served me well. Two years of use might be the safe operational limit for this furnace. Noticeable decline in utility after each smelt until failure was reached on last smelt.If quality of furnace was improved and availability of replacement parts on Amazon was implemented this system as the potential to own the beginner niche and earn a 5-Star rating.

Delivered fast, easy to set up and operate. I have melted a couple kilograms of copper and while it took longer than expected to melt it is convenient to just plug in and flip the power switch.

UPDATE:I purchased this furnace, and it stopped working after just 60 days: 30 days after the Amazon return window. Other than that, it was an excellent melting furnace.I was angry and wrote the original review, below. This was the wrong of me as I never gave TOAUTO a chance to rectify the situation. So, after I calmed down, I contacted them to complain. TOAUTO immediately sent out a new unit. I haven't set-up the new furnace but intend to this weekend.The point is, TOAUTO stood behind their product and replaced it even after the Amazon replacement period had expired. The furnace is an excellent piece of equipment for its intended use and TOAUTO is an excellent company to work with. (And I was too quick and judgmental: shame on me for that.) This is a great company that sells a great piece of equipment at a great price. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!ORIGINAL REVIEW:Worked fine until it decided to stop after only 2 months. Coincidentally, one month past the Amazon money-back guarantee. Absolute GARBAGE!

I was only able to use this twice before it stopped working. The heating element must have gone bad. Metal smelting is a hobby, so I don't do this every day so by the time I got around to using the item for the first time, the return window was already closed. The cost of this item was $279 which is steep for something that I was able to use 2 times before it broke. The website has lots of instructions on checking this, and that and replacing this part and that, but this is a hobby for me. I was able to replace all of these parts, I would have just built a furnace myself. I cannot recommend this product and hope no one else wastes their hard earned $$$ on this piece of junk,.

The 3KG capacity is perfect for my needs. I can easily melt enough material for my projects without constantly needing to refill. This feature is particularly beneficial for larger tasks or batch processing.The digital display and controls are intuitive and easy to navigate. I appreciate the precision of the temperature settings, allowing me to melt metals with complete confidence. The ability to set and monitor the temperature makes the process straightforward, even for beginners.