Lead Smelt Video enclosed

[BigSlick]

The video is not the best quality due to the conversion and compression, but it is still viewable. You can use the down arrow in the bottom right corner of the viewing window to make the video larger if you wish.

Lonnie and BigSlick Melt Lead (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5144507180862327654)

If you have any suggestions regarding our methods, questions or comments, please post them.

We are looking for any help that might make things go more smoothly, produce a better end result or any educational tips you guys might have.

I don't know if the link blows up from too much bandwidth useage. If it does, I'll split the file in two and dump it to photobucket.

The file is 40 MB in size, dial-up users beware ;)

Thanks for all the help you guys have been in helping me get this going. Maybe some of this will help a newbie (or us) learn a little more about what to expect when doing a melt.

BigSlick
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[fivegunner]

very nice and well put togather, thats the way I did it in the 70`s now my pot holds about 200lb`s of lead my burner takes about 20 min. to melt . one thing I would recommend is use Gloves! and flux alot. thank you for the post. :Fire:

[686]

big stick where did you get those pots? what sice are they? thanks

[Maven]

BigSlick, The only suggestions I'll make involve your personal safety. I.e., in spite of the heat, you should be wearing long sleeved shirts, welders' gloves and full face shields. Molten metal and skin don't tolerate each other at all! Otherwise, it was a nice video.

[imashooter2]

Looks like the link went dead... bummer.

[BigSlick]

Google limits the number of connections at once to 5.

Wait a minute or two and give it another try ;)

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I did get the gloves on my buddy after about 10 minutes.

I will definitely look into the face shield. I was wearing safety glasses, but I can see a face shield would be MUCH better.

I bought the pots from Academy Sports. The smaller one is 12" and the larger one a 14". The small pot holds about 1/3 bucket since it is so shallow, the large one will hold an entire bucket (added a little at a time), it's 11" deep.

I picked up the muffin tins, skimmer and ladles from a restaurant supply store for $8 each. The burners came from Home Depot. The original regulators were 55k BTU @ 10 psi. I upgraded both to a 20 psi unit that provided 185k BTU. The 55k regulator will melt the small pot in about 18-20 minutes, the 185k unit will melt it in about 8-10 minutes. The big pot @ 185k takes about 15 minutes.
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[jballs918]

just a comment,
i seen you use the muffin pans, and it looked like they where almmost new. you may want ot put on how you seperate them. as i said that was my biggest problem before i went with corn bread molds

[BigSlick]

The muffin pans are heavyweight aluminum, the lead didn't stick to them. They were new. The day in the video is the first time we ever used them.

Just let them cool long enough to handle and dump them out ;)
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[jballs918]

ok i have nothing but trouble with them must have been to thin

[Goatlips]

That was fun to watch, BigSlick! Reminds me that I have nine buckets to melt down when I have the inclination (love smelting, hate sorting). I added a wind shield around my pot from a strip of leftover aluminum and a couple of zip screws, seems to keep the burner heat closer to the pot. Here 'tis:

http://goatlipstips.cas-town.com/smelting.html

I note that you're going to use the lead fer diving weights, sounds like a lot of "splashing" going on in the background! Thanks for the video!

Goatlips