Vanishing unshaped ingots

[XelNigma 11]

A few times now Iv lost partially filled unshaped ingots.

It happens when I place it back into the firepit. I cant place it directly on the bottom so I place it on the top slot and poof! - gone.

I assume its a well known problem, so this topic isnt to report it but rather to ask what should I do to avoid it?

I have a theory that it happens because I place it there while its in the liquid stage.

If I wait for it to turn solid then it would be safe, theoretically of course. I dont have enough metal that I would be fine risking it testing out this theory.

Figured I could just ask.

[Mr. Fist 0]

You can combine partially filled unshaped ingots by crafting them so you don't need to do that anyway.

[slackgiver 13]

Imagine what would happen irl if you had taken the metal you had just melted into a waiting mold and dumped it into the top of your fireplace without anything underneath to catch the already liquid metal. In other words, you need a mold in your bottom slot.

[k4b6 0]

Imagine what would happen irl if you had taken the metal you had just melted into a waiting mold and dumped it into the top of your fireplace without anything underneath to catch the already liquid metal. In other words, you need a mold in your bottom slot.

Well in my imagination I think the fire would go out too, but that is just me...

[XelNigma 11]

ya.. the thing is you CAN heat up metal in a the mold to liquefie it. At least you can with bronze because iv done it.

granted I used modern mold made out of silicon sand and slurry(forget what we mix to make it, but its green when wet, drys yellow and turns white when heated) instead of clay and heated them up in a big furnace using propane instead of charcoal and an electric fan instead of a bellows.

If we made a pig mold out of steel we could use that one mold for the metals with lower melting points instead of having to use ceramic molds to get ingots.

And as long as where talking irl, we need a lid on the forge to keep the heat from escaping as well as a crucible to melt the metal in. Roasting it on a camp fire wouldnt cut it.

And you would have to be working that bellows constantly and for hours, not just a few pushes and your good.

And when you are melting zinc on a camp fire what exactly is it setting on?

There is a lot more wrong here than just metal reheating in a mold.

Source: The Bronze Horse Foundry - North East Oklahoma