Restoring an old Saeco bottom pour lead furnace

[cowpuncher]

I wanted to post this the other day and forgot. I found this very helpful video from a gentleman on Youtube who goes by "5 Tons w/guns B"

Watching this gave me the confidence to tackle this project.. so if he ever wanders in here, thank you very much for posting that video! Hopefully if I post it here somebody else who would benefit will see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74K9EtLV_A

[NyFirefighter357]

https://youtu.be/C74K9EtLV_A?t=468

https://youtu.be/C74K9EtLV_A

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...&iact=c&ictx=1

[44magLeo]

I have a question you might be able to answer. If 240 volt 4500 watt heating element is run on 120 volt would it have a 2250 watt output?
Leo

[MottySpecial]

Ideas on how to get lead out of Saeco #24 pot that won't heat enough for lead to flow? Want to "get the lead out" so I can attempt to fix the Saeco pot!

thanks!

[Minerat]

I used a plumbers propane torch to get mine out. It only had about a quarter pot so I laid it on its side in a metal cake pan on a brick so the lead would just flow out the top and went slow.