Cutting lead?

[Green Lizzard]

air chisel worked great for me

[BAGTIC]

Do you have a radial arm saw, circular saw, of table saw? I believe getting a metal cutting blade for one would work. I have a metal cutting circular saw and its blade cuts steel up to an inch almost like wood. No dust just lots of chips. Might also try one of the above with a regular blade installed backwards like sheet metal workers use. It cuts by friction, teeth are almost irrelevant.

[Eddie2002]

I've run slabs of lead through my bandsaw which is set up with a metal cutting blade. Works OK but throws a lot of chips and the saw got a little plugged up. Had to cut some hard wood like oak to knock the lead out of the teeth.

[louism]

I just run it through the bandsaw with a wood cutting blade. Like butter.

[dikman]

I had some pipe and bars in the last lot of lead I bought from the scrap yard, so I just used an old axe to chop through it - rough, but effective (I'm very wary of using power saws to cut lead as they have a tendency to jam/catch).

[62chevy]

Got my son in law to cut my lead pipe up. The only problem with is he didn't same any of the chips, oh well it was free labor.

[gtgeorge]

Wood blades work for me on a circular saw inside a large box to contain the chips. Of course I have not had to cut anything larger than a 50# pig so far.

A few years back I was told of a lead table and stools I was going to carry by chainsaw along for as well as a trailer to carry 10K at a time. The stools were supposed to be 2' blocks times 8 and did not get the dimensions. 350 miles each way and hope it pans out one day. It was a foundry table I was told the workers poured for break time.

[plmitch]

Chain saws and sawzall work great.

[triggerhappy243]

If you have a large propane weed burner, that will melt it to just run off like water. Let the pieces cool, then roll them up like paper and put it into your pot.