Smelting reclaimed shot last week

[lightman]

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.
https://i.imgur.com/qQmPXWol.jpg

The sawdust burning off.
https://i.imgur.com/cg3n2VBl.jpg

A ladle full of molten lead headed towards the ingot mold.
https://i.imgur.com/G7S2wFLl.jpg

The landing zone.
https://i.imgur.com/lB8MWA5l.jpg

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.

[CastingFool]

Nice job!

[LenH]

I had about the same experience with some lead shot, it took longer to melt than range scrap.

[copdills]

breaking my heart LOL seeing all that shot melt, but I know its going to make some Great Boolits

[lightman]

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.

[merlin101]

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!

[lightman]

LOL! Its a work in progress!

[4719dave]

very nice score .

[dondiego]

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.

[copdills]

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

[lightman]

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.