Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
As for melting chips. Unless you have seriously compacted them into some solid form have fun with that. So much surface area for oxide to make your life hard. If you have a press and a way to make hockey pucks you might be able to make it work.
Inert the atmosphere with some argon? I have a bottle of pure argon for tig and another bottle of 75% argon + 25% CO2 for mig. I have an electric kiln that seals up fairly well so I'm not too worried about air leakage.