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Thread: Almost smelting season in the northeast

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    Almost smelting season in the northeast

    My lead stock is covered with snow, but those spring days aren't far off. I'm looking forward to firing up the burner in a month or so and make a dent in some of those wheel weights. Anyone else got a session coming?

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    Yesterday I had 45* and sunshine. I casted twenty pounds of 400gns for my 45/70.

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    I have to get to it too. Here on the Left Coast it's warmer, but we're just getting past the rainy season, and of course I process outdoors. True that rain on top of the melt isn't a concern, but rain in the ingot molds certainly is.

    Cooler is more comfortable for me, but I find I need wind breaks and more BTU's to keep things running smoothly. My pot, ladles and ingot molds like to run hot.

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    It's almost 80 and clear here today.

    If I needed to melt Lead, it's good weather for it,
    but I've been cleaning up the boat and running it some to limber it up for next week.
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    My goal is to get a 20 gal drum of range scrap melted down in the next couple of weeks.

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    My haul from Friday. The high was 45 degrees which is perfect for me when I’m standing over a propane burner and hot pot of metal all day.


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    I collected about 175lbs of range lead today. May smelt it tomorrow. In Arkansas we have a 50/50 chance of rain. Either it will or it won’t!
    Doesn’t matter what the weatherman says. Lol.
    Just knowing enough to do it, is not enough to do it right! -Taz

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    Me and a couple of members Biggin and Tazlaw smelted lead a week ago. We watched the weather but one day was cold enough to be a little uncomfortable. We spent parts of 2 days in the shop and melted our collections from last year. We had about 1200 ingots at the end. I should post some pictures but I struggle with the whole picture thing.

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    Yep it’s here where I liVe if you got cover
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    Smelting setup and what I have left with 850 in COWW and 357 of soft
    Did 200lb COWW today and 35 soft

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    I smelted down the last of my friend’s private range lead on Saturday. He moved to New Mexico so going forward, I have to start buying all my lead. Very sad...

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