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I'm glad I ordered the 1.5 oz condiment cups. I just ran the calculation, and it turns out that 1 oz (fluid, I assume) of Pb weighs about 3/4 of a pound (.738 lbs). Results go like this, in case...

I looked thru this thread and found the the SS condiment cups to be a good idea. I was going to drop by Walm. and get some, but then I found myself looking in Amazon for the cast iron wedges. Long...

Once again, the boolit boys come thru. I finally did think of the axe all by myself, but I wonder how long it would have taken me to think of the pruning loppers. Many thanks folks! Or, as we say...

I went to the scrapyard finally, and was able to get some sheet lead and pipe - looking stuff. I reckon this is more or less pure lead? Around here (S'ern AZ) .90/lb is a pretty good price. I...

That's my lovely blue! Others on this page tell me it's just a matter of the melt being too hot. Pretty colors, no?

Thanx to all y'all! I was hoping it was s'thing like that.

I have only been doing this for about 3 months, but here in southern AZ the ww I get are always just about half magnetic. I only keep that half around long enough to weigh it to see if the...

As a chemistry teacher, I want to point out that Hydrochloric Acid (pool supply houses call it muriatic acid) will work as well, and is marginally safer to work with. In either case, beware of the...

I just got enough ww to do another smelting -- only my third. I first separated out all the steel ones so most of what was in my pot melted. When I got the clips and unmeltable ww's out, there...

Thanks for the info. My problem is getting a supply of wheel weights. Most tire shops I've talked with will grudgingly give me a "handful" (sometimes literally) which usually runs to about 10 - 15...