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You might think about casting ingots from the big cast iron pot. Then you can use the ingots in an inexpensive Lee bottom-pour pot. There's no reason to keep 40 pounds of lead molten while you're...

Yes, it is, indeed, a good feeling. Reading about it is one thing, but seeing it happen is another. It's like magic the way they rise.

I kept looking for zinc, and I just didn't find any on...

Finally! After all my questions and reading and more reading, I got around to smelting a five-gallon bucket of wheel weights today. The tools:...

Whew! At least the Marlins are still going to be made so I can get one maybe next year if we survive until then. This economy is killer on gun purchases. :(

I read somewhere that Flynt, Michigan...

You're calling me old? I don't feel old. But today I made two ingot moulds and did some other welding and organized some of the loading accoutrements and sprayed the yard front and back. I'm...

Got two prices here locally: One fellow quoted me $60 and one much more friendly fellow $40. The $40 place is out, but I'm going back in a week. Good to know what the approximate weight is because...

Don't use one for self-defense... an attorney would destroy you in court. On game, fine. On gelatin, fine. For self-defense, spring for something commercial or use a mould that's available...

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I hadn't thought of the residue that much because of thinking it would float to the top and get skimmed off... will it stick to the sides of the melter? The directions have several tips for fixing...

Got that part about the water, but I appreciate the repeating! I read the story of Ken Mollohan getting some sweat on an ingot and having the lead blow up in his face from the steam expanding...

I finally got a melter--a little Lee 10 pound. And I picked up a small batch of WW last week (10 pounds on the bathroom scale). Yes, I know that's a small amount but it's what I have. That tire...