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  1. 08-04-2018, 02:11 PM #1
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    Smelting reclaimed shot last week

    I've posted smelting pictures before and most of you have seen my set up. Here are a few more. A buddy scored about 400# of reclaimed shot last week and I helped him melt it all down. This was the first time that I have melted shot. It took longer to melt than any other lead that I have melted. About 70 minutes from the time I lit the burner until we started pouring.

    The pot full of shot.


    The sawdust burning off.


    A ladle full of molten lead headed towards the ingot mold.


    The landing zone.


    We have melted a lot of lead with this set up. The burner and stand are homemade. The pot is steel and about 3/8 inches thick and will hold about 400 pounds. We run between 6 and 10 ingot molds that sit on a 1/2 X 6 in steel bar. The landing zone is misc pieces of scrap plywood sitting on a heavy duty cart. We lit the burner about 10:00 and were finished about 1:00. Total of 384 Lyman style ingots and 12 ingots from the bread stick mold.
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  2. 08-04-2018, 03:59 PM #2
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    Nice job!
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  3. 08-04-2018, 05:59 PM #3
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    I had about the same experience with some lead shot, it took longer to melt than range scrap.
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  4. 08-04-2018, 06:45 PM #4
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    breaking my heart LOL seeing all that shot melt, but I know its going to make some Great Boolits
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  5. 08-04-2018, 07:55 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by copdills View Post
    breaking my heart LOL seeing all that shot melt, but I know its going to make some Great Boolits
    Yeah, I know what you mean. But it wasn't mine and none of us shoot a shotgun that much anymore. An old bullseye shooter gave this to my buddy and he was just happy to see it used rather than sold.
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  6. 08-04-2018, 08:14 PM #6
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    There's so much wrong in those pics I don't really know where to start.
    1st. I can see the floor ! What kind of garage is that?
    2nd. Tools are hanging in neat rows where they belong??
    3rd. extension cords all neatly coiled and hung up???
    4th. last but not least, a red metal safety can really in this day and age of plastics and you keep flammable liquids in metal????


    Nice haul and I could really take some organizational lessons from you!
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    LOL! Its a work in progress!
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  8. 08-05-2018, 10:08 AM #8
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    very nice score .
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    Quote Originally Posted by merlin101 View Post
    There's so much wrong in those pics I don't really know where to start.
    1st. I can see the floor ! What kind of garage is that?
    2nd. Tools are hanging in neat rows where they belong??
    3rd. extension cords all neatly coiled and hung up???
    4th. last but not least, a red metal safety can really in this day and age of plastics and you keep flammable liquids in metal????


    Nice haul and I could really take some organizational lessons from you!
    HAAA! That's the first thing that I saw too! Too embarrassed to say so though.
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  10. 08-05-2018, 04:34 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by merlin101 View Post
    There's so much wrong in those pics I don't really know where to start.
    1st. I can see the floor ! What kind of garage is that?
    2nd. Tools are hanging in neat rows where they belong??
    3rd. extension cords all neatly coiled and hung up???
    4th. last but not least, a red metal safety can really in this day and age of plastics and you keep flammable liquids in metal????


    Nice haul and I could really take some organizational lessons from you!
    LOL I had to go back and take a look I was just seeing melted shot and crying, Man that is a well groomed garage
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  11. 08-05-2018, 08:51 PM #11
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    Thanks for the compliments guys! But it’s not as neat as you think. It seems like I always have a mess in one corner or another. But I’ve enjoyed it.
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