Making a Lead Melter

Started by big5ifty, Jun 08, 2022, 01:02 PM

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big5ifty

How I made my own lead melters. If you can weld, you can do it.

Lead Melter How-To.

Treeman

I was wondering how the tap would be made.
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oafpatroll

I saw it some years back when i was contemplating making a bulk melter and reckoned, as i still do, that it was one of the most practical designs I'd seen. Ultimately decided against making it as I get my range scrap in pre-melted irregular chunks which I cast into clean ingots from a big pot. Suspect that If I start dripping birdshot as i will probably need to that arrangement wont keep up.   

big5ifty

Quote from: oafpatroll on Jun 09, 2022, 08:00 AM...I get my range scrap in pre-melted irregular chunks     

Do you have a source for scrap that you can share ?


oafpatroll

Quote from: 414gates on Jun 09, 2022, 09:03 AMDo you have a source for scrap that you can share ?

Will check with my range mining oom and revert.

oafpatroll

Quote from: oafpatroll on Jun 09, 2022, 11:15 AM
Quote from: 414gates on Jun 09, 2022, 09:03 AMDo you have a source for scrap that you can share ?

Will check with my range mining oom and revert.

He's an otherwise old bugger and despite numerous messages I haven't heard back from him. Hope he's still in the game as he was reasonably priced and hell of a convenient.