Duke's Foundry in Action! Pics

[imashooter2]

That thing looks scary... You really should consider putting some 2x4s edgewise around the edges with glue and a lot of wood screws for support.

I'm not a big fan of saw horses for anything heavy. I'll stack some cinder blocks for legs instead. Assuming that you want a table top at around 30 inches or so in height, it takes 8 cinder blocks on each side to make end pedestals / legs. If it still bows in the middle with all your weight, add a single stack of 4 blocks in the middle. At Home Depot and Lowes, cinder blocks are usually only around $1.25 each. If you want to get fancy and set yourself something up in the backyard of a more permanent basis, pour a couple of concrete pads with rebar sticking up where the cinder block legs are supposed to be and when you put the blocks over the rebar, fill them with more rebar and concrete.

Anything worth engineering is worth OVER-engineering...

Some people scare easier than others. That system has worked fine for a long time and it has had more weight than that on it. I see no reason to change it.

I do appreciate your concern for my safety though!

[grumman581]

Some people scare easier than others. That system has worked fine for a long time and it has had more weight than that on it. I see no reason to change it.

I do appreciate your concern for my safety though!

Well, if you feel comfortable with it, ok... Personally, I would add a little more support to it considering you have hot molten metal on a piece of board that definitely looks like it is getting some deflection in it.

Stay safe...

[Just Duke]

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[montana_charlie]

Duke,
Is that a #5 Rowell?
CM

[Just Duke]

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[3006guns]

That's probably one of the most professional setups I've seen in quite a while. Very efficient. The foundry ladle with the sliding handle is great, although I know they're expensive (but worth it).

How much do you have tied up in ingot molds though??

Edit: Your post on the ladles beat mine....they're not as expensive as I thought! By the way, the respirator is a good idea too.

[Just Duke]

That's probably one of the most professional setups I've seen in quite a while. Very efficient. The foundry ladle with the sliding handle is great, although I know they're expensive (but worth it).

How much do you have tied up in ingot molds though??

Edit: Your post on the ladles beat mine....they're not as expensive as I thought! By the way, the respirator is a good idea too.

About 1/10 what it would cost for "Back To School" accessories for a child, which I have none. Oh and thanks for the compliment.
Actually I have taken a compilation of the imformation I have learned here and ran with it.
I also put myself in the shoes of the OSHA personel that would come by many a facility and read us the riot act and explain why he was sighting us.

[Sixgun Symphony]

Thanks LFB's. Yes the pot hold 200 lbs of lead unfortunately. I wish I had a 300 to 400 pounder with the bulk of lead I need to process. The guys here in the Black Powder Section tell me I need to make a certain alloy and duplicable so I figure just a larger pot might work. 20-1 and or 30-1.
This setup should work fine for my 45-70, 500 S&W's and 45 Long/ACP bullets.

I seen what you are looking for on ebay. It was a really big pot used by a fellow that was making fishing sinkers and lures.

[Just Duke]

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[Wayne Smith]

And you own a mine where??

[WILCO]

Would rather have Jennifer Tilly shaped Muffin tins.

Indeed!!!! Nice set up Duke.

[Just Duke]

And you own a mine where??

At the back door of my place of worship,
DISCOUNT TIRE lol

[cbrick]

Pretty nice Duke, you have exactly the same ladle, cast iron dutch oven and burner for smelting as me. Only real difference is I use the RCBS 10 pound cast iron pots for pouring 5 pound ingots.



A word of caution to anyone that wants to pour these 5 pound ingots with this RCBS pot, filled full it will make 10 pound ingots BUT 10 pounders WILL NOT fit back into the RCBS 22 pound lead pot. ONLY fill it half full and make 5 pound ingots. These ingots are flat top & bottom and stack very well.

Rick

[Just Duke]

Pretty nice Duke, you have exactly the same ladle, cast iron dutch oven and burner for smelting as me. Only real difference is I use the RCBS 10 pound cast iron pots for pouring 5 pound ingots.



A word of caution to anyone that wants to pour these 5 pound ingots with this RCBS pot, filled full it will make 10 pound ingots BUT 10 pounders WILL NOT fit back into the RCBS 22 pound lead pot. ONLY fill it half full and make 5 pound ingots. These ingots are flat top & bottom and stack very well.

Rick

Now that's a clever idea.
And thanks sir.

[cbrick]

Just noticed the photo was gone, hhmmm, dunno what happened to it, it's back now.

Rick

[Just Duke]

For the new guys.

[Rich219]

What a great thread, I'm glad I came across it. You definitely gave me some ideas for this summer when I setup my casting operation.

[Just Duke]

[wills]

Duke--- Sheep shaped ingots now there is an idea--of course you'd not be the first on the block to have it----Scrounger already has one.

Here you go.

[ScottJ]

OK, this thread turned up when I did a quoted search on "range scrap".

I feel like a total bubba when I see Duke's pro setup.