Cookware To Lead Pot Conversion: Quarts To Pounds Of Lead

[Landy]

Can anyone provide a quart to pounds of lead conversion factor?

I want a non-electric option for casting.

The RCBS and Lyman pots are tiny (10#) a search here found much on only huge (100+#) dutch ovens for smelting.

I want a 25-50 pound pot.

I am thinking of a dutch oven, saucepan, or chicken fryer of cast iron or very heavy duty steel; and have found them from 1-12qt in size.

[Nueces]

A US gallon (4 quarts, 128 fluid ounces) is 231 cubic inches, lead density is 0.4097 pounds per cubic inch.

50 pounds divided by 0.4097 yields a volume of 122 cubic inches. Divide that by 231 and multiply by 128 to get 67.62 fluid ounce capacity for a 50 pound volume of pure lead.

[claude]

This will get you there, 1 pint water capacity equals 9 pounds of lead, a quart equals 18 pounds, ..... it is a pretty constant formula, if one rounds off the fractions.

From; http://www.advancecarmover.com/rowel...ingladles.aspx


And; http://www.advancecarmover.com/rowel...ng-ladles.aspx

[Landy]

Thank you both. Great reference information.

Now, I can focus on 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 quart pots.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I use a stainless steel 4 qt soup pot on a coleman gasoline campstove.
when melting COWW, I fill the pot full of raw COWW, after I skim off the clips, the pot is about half full of alloy and I am able to pour about 40 to 50 ingots (my older GB castboolits ingot mold makes about 14 oz ingots with COWW alloy).

[country gent]

Buffalo arms has a selection of cast steel iro pots for melting from 10 lbs on up. These are good heavy steel pots with a bail on them. I have a 30 lner here I use for small runs. My main pot is a cut off propane pot thats 100+lbs of lead but 2-3 of us get together and cast around it most of the time. ANother consideration is the btus the burner produces and a stand heavy enough to hold the weight when hot and every thing is up to temp. My set up is an turkey frier stand thats been reienforced with 1/4" X 1" cold rolled flat steel and a heafier grate work for the pot to set on. Next up is a shield for around the stand to keep heat off of knees LOL.

[dead dog]

How far should the flame be from the bottom of the propane pot? The cooker I have the flame is three inches under the pot and it took hours to melt a half pot. Would an acetylene regulator with more pressure be better?

[GhostHawk]

Dead dog IMO I would NOT mess with the regulator. Smaller pot or cooker with more BTU's is IMO your best answer.

[ncbearman]

Can anyone provide a quart to pounds of lead conversion factor?

I want a non-electric option for casting.

The RCBS and Lyman pots are tiny (10#) a search here found much on only huge (100+#) dutch ovens for smelting.

I want a 25-50 pound pot.

I am thinking of a dutch oven, saucepan, or chicken fryer of cast iron or very heavy duty steel; and have found them from 1-12qt in size.

I can make you one of these. $65 shipped. Its an old propane tank.

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Too big? I also have this made from old refrigerant tank. $55 shipped.

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[MrWolf]

I use a cut off propane tank and really like it.

[Johnny_Cyclone]

Wasn't someone selling pre cut, ready to go, propane/refigerant tank smelt pots in the Swappin' & Sellin" area a while back?

[Landy]

I use a stainless steel 4 qt soup pot on a coleman gasoline campstove.
when melting COWW,

Your setup is very close to what I think I want for my first iteration, except two quart and for ladle casting.

I don't need to smelt. I can't find any lead to smelt. I have to just buy ingots and sweeten from my stash of solder remnants for now.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I use a stainless steel 4 qt soup pot on a coleman gasoline campstove.
when melting COWW,

Your setup is very close to what I think I want for my first iteration, except two quart and for ladle casting.

I don't need to smelt. I can't find any lead to smelt. I have to just buy ingots and sweeten from my stash of solder remnants for now.

Oh, I misunderstood

Yeah, a 2 qt pot should work well for ladle casting.

[Landy]

Oh, I misunderstood

Yeah, a 2 qt pot should work well for ladle casting.

Nah, you gave me two good tips:

1) Heavy duty stainless will work well, in addition to cast iron.

2) Four quart is big enough for my smelting needs when I find some lead to smelt.

These are extra nice tips, since I already have pots like these.

[RedHawk357Mag]

This one works really well for me

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[Rick R]

I found a 2 quart cast iron sauce pan at the Flea Market for $8 a few years ago. It even came with a lid! Looks to be fifty years old or more.
3/4 full it's all I want to lift one handed when it contains molten lead.

[Landy]

Nice ladle casting setup!

This one works really well for me

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[triggerhappy243]

the pot I have is 10 inches across and 4.5 inches deep. when I smelt, i get 65 pounds in that pot. that is plenty.

[Motard]

I uave stollen one old cast Iron pan from lady's kitchen. Whorks the best just beware about seating it steady

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