tmc-okc
07-30-2014, 07:24 PM
FORGOTTEN FIND
I have been wanting to get into casting for over 30 yearsbut didn't have the money or time. During this time I had access to some goodsupplies of lead but didn't stock up as I should have and now that access doesnot exist..This year I decided it was time. I have rounded up most of theequipment I need and some I just plain wanted and I am almost ready to startsmelting what lead I have collected. My son, grandson & now my son-in-laware pestering me to "get er done" So I could make them some boolits.
So I invited them over for my first session. When theyarrived I told them the very first thing we needed to do was clean all THEIR stuff out of MY shed so I could have some room to move some of THEIR other stuff out of my garage so I could have room at the mouth of the garage door to smelt.
After all the moans & groans they pitched in and 4 hours later it was done. And the really good part was I found 8 5Lb pigs of plumbers 50/50 wiping solder. Stuff I had put away years ago & forgot all about..GOOD FIND ! And next weekend we really will smelt it all.
Ron
I have been wanting to get into casting for over 30 yearsbut didn't have the money or time. During this time I had access to some goodsupplies of lead but didn't stock up as I should have and now that access doesnot exist..This year I decided it was time. I have rounded up most of theequipment I need and some I just plain wanted and I am almost ready to startsmelting what lead I have collected. My son, grandson & now my son-in-laware pestering me to "get er done" So I could make them some boolits.
So I invited them over for my first session. When theyarrived I told them the very first thing we needed to do was clean all THEIR stuff out of MY shed so I could have some room to move some of THEIR other stuff out of my garage so I could have room at the mouth of the garage door to smelt.
After all the moans & groans they pitched in and 4 hours later it was done. And the really good part was I found 8 5Lb pigs of plumbers 50/50 wiping solder. Stuff I had put away years ago & forgot all about..GOOD FIND ! And next weekend we really will smelt it all.
Ron