stanley2
08-03-2007, 01:35 PM
Hi today I made my first smelting, using lead ingots and linotype, in a proportion of 75% lead 25% lino.
What I learned, to big a pot and to thin, need a cast iron one.
Why do some ingots broke when geting them out of the mould? to hot?
the pics:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5032/image055nx7.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image055nx7.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5765/image054sg6.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image054sg6.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2096/image053qg4.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image053qg4.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3357/image052nj0.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image052nj0.jpg)
The next step, to make some boolits!!
I want to thank all in this forum for the great information!!!!!
What I learned, to big a pot and to thin, need a cast iron one.
Why do some ingots broke when geting them out of the mould? to hot?
the pics:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5032/image055nx7.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image055nx7.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5765/image054sg6.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image054sg6.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2096/image053qg4.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image053qg4.jpg)
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3357/image052nj0.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image052nj0.jpg)
The next step, to make some boolits!!
I want to thank all in this forum for the great information!!!!!