sharpshooter81
02-13-2012, 07:14 PM
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Finally made my first ingots!! Used wheel weights FREE from a local tire shop, they were very happy to get rid of them, got a whole 5 gallon bucket full and the guy even carried them to my vehicle :D....I made a homemade mould using channel iron (welded on the outside) and then fashioned a handle using small round bar. It was an awesome experience and I cant wait to get my Lee mould and start casting some 459-405-HB's!!....So far I have kept my cost really low, got my coleman stove for free (I did have to buy some stove fuel).....got my wheel weights for free, $4 for steel to make my ingot mould, about 40 bux for my lee mould and some alox.....I must say, I was pretty impressed with the ingots!! I melted a bunch of WW down, scooped the **** off the top....put half a candle in the pot until it started smoking real good then it ignited....I just let the fire burn till it went out by itself, then scooped the gunk off the top again and poured into my ingot mould....pretty easy!!
Finally made my first ingots!! Used wheel weights FREE from a local tire shop, they were very happy to get rid of them, got a whole 5 gallon bucket full and the guy even carried them to my vehicle :D....I made a homemade mould using channel iron (welded on the outside) and then fashioned a handle using small round bar. It was an awesome experience and I cant wait to get my Lee mould and start casting some 459-405-HB's!!....So far I have kept my cost really low, got my coleman stove for free (I did have to buy some stove fuel).....got my wheel weights for free, $4 for steel to make my ingot mould, about 40 bux for my lee mould and some alox.....I must say, I was pretty impressed with the ingots!! I melted a bunch of WW down, scooped the **** off the top....put half a candle in the pot until it started smoking real good then it ignited....I just let the fire burn till it went out by itself, then scooped the gunk off the top again and poured into my ingot mould....pretty easy!!