How I made my own lead melters. If you can weld, you can do it.
Lead Melter How-To. (https://ysterhout.net/docs/melter/index.html)
I was wondering how the tap would be made.
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.
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 ?
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.
Quote from: oafpatroll on Jun 09, 2022, 11:15 AMQuote 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.