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You can use that cast iron pot in a campfire to melt aluminum cans or auto parts for casting shapes in DRY sand molds. Be really careful though, liquid aluminum is like 1100 or 1200 F and if spilled on your foot would probably burn it right off. Then you'd need a roller skate or something as a replacement, rather inconvenient on stairs.