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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - First Time Smelting Lead

Posted: 5/8/2009 7:52:18 PM EDT

Just started picking up wheel weights for casting boolits. "Free" wheel weights.

Tripped over one of the buckets in the shed trying to get yard sale stuff out for the weekend.

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When all said and done for today 53 Ingots and 2 5gal. buckets still full.

Will have to see if the wife will let me play in the back yard a little during the yard sale Sat.

Posted: 5/8/2009 8:06:58 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice job, nothing like having a few hundred pounds of wheel weights clean and ready to go.
I think a couple more ingot moulds might speed things up a bit. Aluminum muffin pans work pretty well, and I use some old cornbread pans too.

Posted: 5/8/2009 8:13:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Thanks for the info, might have to use some of the money we (the wife) gets from the yard sale.

Posted: 5/9/2009 3:52:23 AM EDT

[#3]

The idea is to buy the muffin pans and cornbread molds at other folks' yard and garage sales. Cheap. Some guys use metal candy molds, too.

Posted: 5/9/2009 4:22:25 AM EDT

[#4]

So what were you fluxing with I use bees wax just stick a chunk on a hanger just rub it across the surface of the alloy stir and then light with a lighter ? Did you use any Linotype / Tin?

Posted: 5/9/2009 5:32:44 AM EDT

[#5]

hey, you are the man!
those ingots look really good!

got your molds ready? I assume you will do pistol bullets.
I will be pouring next weekend, weather permitting of course.
good luck

billyboy

Posted: 5/9/2009 6:17:24 AM EDT

[#6]

Nice pile! I love to see the results of a day spent smelting.

Is that an aluminum pot you have on the burner though? If it is, you should cease use and get a steel or iron pot. Aluminum is dangerous. It can fail without warning and leave you standing in a puddle of molten metal. This is generally regarded as a bad thing...

Posted: 5/9/2009 12:52:27 PM EDT

[#7]

abpt1 - I use candle leftovers from the wife to flux. At this point I just plan to use Wheel Weights, never know I might want to play with alloys some day.

SoldierBilly1 - Plan on starting with 9mm and 40s&w but have not gotten molds yet, just making the buckets of lead into smaller stacks of lead.

Bigdb1 – The pot I am using is an iron pot I found at a second hand store for $5.

Posted: 5/9/2009 7:51:31 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Bigdb1 – The pot I am using is an iron pot I found at a second hand store for $5.

Excellent! I wasn't trying to be insulting, but the exposed metal in the handle looked kind of aluminumy to me. Better safe than sorry.

Posted: 5/9/2009 8:32:26 PM EDT

[#9]

Are you sorting out any zinc weights? If not, are you using a thermometer to keep your pot below the melting point of zinc? zinc will ruin your alloy.

Looking good! Do not allow your locl birds to fly over. Bird poo in the pot would be something you would not soon forget!

Posted: 5/10/2009 10:21:06 AM EDT

[#10]

Report for Saturday – 72 more ingots.

bigdb1 - No insult taken, thanks for the info. No Alum. = not swimming in molten metal, sounds good to me.

HABU – I sort out the zinc, steel and stick on wheel weights and keep the temp down so if I miss one it will just float to the top and be skimmed out. I’ll keep the BB gun handy and set a perimeter with shoot to kill orders. Just kidding.

Posted: 5/10/2009 6:06:42 PM EDT

[#11]

boots and eye protection

I'll leave it at that.....

Posted: 5/10/2009 7:21:00 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
boots and eye protection

I'll leave it at that.....

+1 on that! Glad to see your gloves there also. Spatters on your
hands are a beotch(from experience

)

Posted: 5/11/2009 10:54:47 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
boots and eye protection

I'll leave it at that.....

+1 on that! Glad to see your gloves there also. Spatters on your
hands are a beotch(from experience

)

I have cast Alum. before, so eye protection on and heavy boots as well.

Posted: 5/11/2009 10:01:10 PM EDT

[#14]

I found my answer.

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