Disaster

Last weekend we made our first attempt at melting the metal and failed.  The crucible we used ended up melting before the cans did.  Next time if we reattempt we will need a better setup.

Reasearch continues

This week we couldnt do the melting so i decided to just Continue The research. I found that lead would melt much faster than aluminum but would weigh almost 4 times as much.we are planning again on which day would be the best day. All the supplies are already at the house we are doing this and all we have to do is get them out. Our mentor has told us that this is a fun and easy thing to do when you have extra time on your hands.

Failed plans

This week we llanned to do our melting and casting but it started to rain by the time we were all awake.

20time coming around

This week our 20 time project was being planned to do it but it started raining m

debate

This week we are still continuing to debate on the time of the project.

Whats Next?

This week we have spent much of our time debating when we should melt the metal and what would be the best location to do this at. we need someplace with plenty of land and at least one good ant hill.

Mentors

This week one of the group members found somebody that has experience in melting metal. Mack Tyson is his name and he used to melt metal and create sculptures  as a hobby.

first post

For my 20 time project i am going to create ant hill art by pouring molten metal into an ant hill. By heating a coal furnace to extremely high temperatures i will be able to melt aluminum cans.