If I decide to buy a furnace, it will likely be a Table Top from PMC. This is not a done deal yet because I am not entirely sure I need one at all and it just may be a solution without a problem. I have talked to PMC and many others and I am comfortable with that decision. I like the fact that you can change the crucible size without too much trouble. I asked about crucible life and they said that you can get about 12 firings out of a crucible. That seems a little low, but I am sure that you donāt want a crucible to fall apart inside the furnace with a load of melted metal in it. Someone previously indicated that they may not use Kanthal in their elements. They use a Kanthal alloy of some sort. Hardin furnaces, which look a lot like Table Top, use a nickel chrome alloy and are lower in price than Table Top. I regularly torch melt silver and gold in my shop, but would like to move that operation to my garage where there is more ventilation and a 20 amp outlet on a dedicated circuit. This would especially be the case if I start to melt brass. I am still open to thoughts, but this is where my research has left me for now. Thanksā¦Rob
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I stand corrected, I just reviewed the Hardin website and it says that they use āKenthalā in their elements. This is in conflict with something that I read on another site. I donāt know if that is a typo or some alternate alloy from Kanthalā¦Rob
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