A little easier this time .....

[Digger]

Picked up where I left off a while back ...
Been helping a friend process his "boat keel" for his reloading shop lead supply.
Last time it truly was a labor of love .. bars in the 200 lb range give or take ,one was 250 this time.
Link to previous thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...t-a-little-bit
This time had some help as in the forklift version ....
finished up today with something over 600 lbs done.
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pics show part of it before help started loading it up as I was still pouring.
Also this time ,had a table , made all the difference in the world !
Fun way to spend a Sunday !

[62chevy]

The second time around is normally easier for everyone. That fork lift sure helped keep your back straight.

[RogerDat]

Fork lift, engine puller or something because it is sooo hard to shoot from traction when the back goes out. I should NOT check the boat yards around here NO I should not. No No No! But I bet I do. That nice haul of yours has me thinking jealous thoughts.

[Digger]

How true fellas ! .... after a certain point in the process .. one thinks , "there has to be a better way"
The forklift is his as it was available the first time but it was "try outs" then.
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For the most part ..as you are thinking about it RogerDat , for most of us , a one time score on a boat keel would be all we would need .

[RogerDat]

How true fellas ! .... after a certain point in the process .. one thinks , "there has to be a better way"
The forklift is his as it was available the first time but it was "try outs" then......


For the most part ..as you are thinking about it RogerDat , for most of us , a one time score on a boat keel would be all we would need .

Yes but the boat keel would be too much plain for the on hand supply of alloys to make it usable so alloy hunting I would go.... eventually finding a big pile of something good that would leave me just a little short on soft lead.... and so it goes. About the only cure would be if someone showed up with at least a ton load that was a mix of plain, 94/3/3, hardball and just enough tin, lino, and antimonial lead that sorting it would keep me off the streets for a good long while.

I'm waiting for offers...... anytime now..... I can be home to help most weekends?

I got it so bad now that with a couple of buckets of printers lead to sort through I still stopped at the salvation army (might be something really good there) and bought a 95 cent picture frame that is no more than 1/4 lb. of pewter (not a great price for tin but ok, don't want to waste it). Like I said a disease, an addiction, living proof that too much is almost enough.