how do you prevent lead cooling and turning solid in the spout?
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how do you prevent lead cooling and turning solid in the spout?
hello.
The lead doesn't freeze up or turn solid by design. The spout is 2 black pipe street elbows, one welded to the bottom of the pot, and the other screwed on and is adjustable. The flames from the burner are trapped beneath the pot, and the only escape they have is where I cut the burner frame to allow them to lick at the back of the spout. This keeps the entire spout hot during operation. The elbows remain at a constant temp and the lead flows freely. When the pot is empty and cool, there is only a small piece theft in the spout about the size of a pencil lead. I Pull it out with my fingers and I'm ready to roll with my next session.Originally Posted by Andrew Mason
Shad
I believe in gold, silver, & lead, and the rights of free honest men... You can keep the "CHANGE"!
Shad
Awesome job, Shad! I've been considering a 400lb smelter (different design). This gives me the push I need to continue forward with my plans. Great work and such a well thought out and executed design!
needed this pot i have 11 sailboats to melt down. last keel was over 16,052 lb and they were all free. great job on the smelter.
Fiberglass doesn't cast well!
To much work, not enough time for guns.
Hmmm, that sounds a bit beyond back-yard type melting, it would use an awful lot of propane. Rather curious how you cut that last keel down to manageable pieces.
hmm, first post and claim he has over 170,000lbs of lead... but i could be wrong and just VERY jealous....
Surely you're not doubting that someone could be home processing, in a Shad-type pot, 76 tons of lead?
Maybe he shoots cannonballs........a lot of cannonballs........
I think 170,000 lbs of lead qualifies for a life time supply. Do you agree? that smelter is really nice, a lot of thought has been put into it. Lots of good ideas for future projects.
Not that hard to believe that much tonnage from 11 keels. I would venture a guess that not all of them are 17k pounds each. The average 27 foot boat like the one I sold had 2600 pounds of lead keel. 17k would be about a 40 footer or so I would think. Lots and lots of wrecked boats out there after Sandy...
I am on the hunt myself...
If I can ever score some keels, I will likely build a pot like that, super sweet!
Last edited by KingAirNeal; 12-28-2013 at 04:53 PM.
very nice you are well organized
Just wanted to let more people know where they can get lead cheap or even free. Most marinas have a problem getting rid of sail boats just left to rot and take up space.and lead can be cut with a chain saw
That's just awesome!..........
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7
Just saw my mistake 1700, lb not 170,000 still not bad for free lead. Yes some are not lead but had to get them out of the water to find out. Will be selling lead but not yet also have great flag poles
Ahh, that's better - now I believe you. Yep, not bad at all for free lead (and a little bit of effort).
No alot of effort and now i have a back yard full of boats but some are good and the rest will be scraped out
that's one of the problems, need the space to put it all until you can sort out the metals and garbage.
ha ha ha,
lifetime supply? hmmm... let's see, 176000pounds divided by 200grains....
now where to keep that spare 6000lbs of powder . . .
Wow! Nice set up! That looks very nice! Much easier than what I've been doing!
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