I made more ingot molds today for the happy occasion
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I guess, It's time to fire the melting pot! Yay! Its done!
I made more ingot molds today for the happy occasion
Last edited by Jim Flinchbaugh; 02-22-2013 at 06:39 PM.
Looks like a lot of fun stored in those buckets!
If you "fire" the melting pot, then what are you going to get those buckets of lead melted in?
Maybe you should give the "melting pot" a raise and let it stay.
Have fun anyway.
Lafaun
Just staying at home and playing with multi-color boolits.
Man, that looks like FUN!!! I sure do envy you! Wish I had something like that at my place.
I guess I should have said "fire up" the melting pot huh?
Yeah, I got very lucky with this pile of range lead, a fellow caster scored the lead,
doesnt have the time to melt it, I do the work and get half the bounty for my trouble.
Its supposedly gonna be an ongoing thing
What does your smelting setup look like to do all that?
Lead porn. Makes a great desktop background.Originally Posted by Jim Flinchbaugh
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
holds 100+ pounds- I dont make it that full though
You going to smelt that 4 banger also?
That's a very impressive setup. I've been using two ten pound mini-mags. It's a lot like running up hill....very slow...and I get tired out fast. Anyhow, very nice!
do unto others................
huh? no comprende'
I got enough ambition gathered up to start into it today. I started at 11:15, quit at 4:20
Got through 4 1/3 buckets of range lead, made 2 buckets of jackets/dirt, and around 400 pounds of ingots
So I'm averaging about 100 pounds of clean lead per bucket, I think that is a pretty good return.
Ingot weight calculated on measurements of a stacked triangle of triangle ingots
I sure wish it would warm up here enough to allow me to smelt some COWWs. Darn weather is typical for my part of the midwest....cold, no-so-cold, freezing-butt cold, and OMG cold with a touch of almost-spring for a half day at two or three week intervals.
Edd
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Jim,
My compliments on your color co-ordinated buckets. I see now who really has the money.
Edd
Charter member Michigan liars club!
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Consider the clown(s) just one of God's little nettles in the woods, don't let it detract from the beauty. Sooner or latter you are going to run into the nettles regardless of how careful you are."
Beware of man who types much, but says nothing.
Edd, the buckets were not my doing , the fellow who procured the lead did that part.
The "homer" thing pretty well fits my operation though. DOH!
Edd, the buckets were not my doing , the fellow who procured the lead did that part.
The "homer" thing pretty well fits my operation though. DOH!Too darn funny Mister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edd
Charter member Michigan liars club!
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Consider the clown(s) just one of God's little nettles in the woods, don't let it detract from the beauty. Sooner or latter you are going to run into the nettles regardless of how careful you are."
Beware of man who types much, but says nothing.
In the background, he's talking the Chevy 4BBL mani.
It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years (Abe Lincoln)
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” George Washington
ohh, 4bbl now I get it,
might as well melt it, aruminum any gud fer boolits?
I finished the ingoting of those 10 buckets today. According to my bathroom scales,
we netted 1050 pounds of range lead ingots. Took me 3, 4-5 hour sessions and about 1/2 of a 20 lb tank of propane.
Not bad "gas mileage" if you ask me, since a tank only runs me 8.50 if I fill it in Tuesday's.
This was my first major melt down, previous was 4 buckets of WW at one time. I'm cured of "smelting"-
for a day or so
Sounds like time well spent! So is this your "lifetime's worth"; or will you shoot it all in due time?
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