What no pictures.......we all like pictures.Originally Posted by oley55
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What no pictures.......we all like pictures.
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Here ya go, first pic of boots after I unflattened them for drying yesterday (three in the foreground not opened up yet). Second pic of ingots on workbench, 280# far left, 115# on the bathroom scale and the bucket of dross in lower right.
There are benefits to having a stout dual purpose workbench/reloading bench.
edit added a pic of them lined up in a pretty row:
Last edited by oley55; 12-28-2021 at 06:07 PM.
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Nice job! Seeing that pile of clean lead takes some of the hurting away! Alive helps too!
As we age, the body complains more, but the satisfaction from a fresh pile of clean lead is worth it. Congratulations on your score!
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What is a lead roofing boot? I see the photo but not sure what I am looking at - first read on the title gave rise to a weird mental image...
They are put around vent stacks to seal them against weather. Some are made of plastic these days.
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Here's what they look like if you are buying them at home depot.
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The 15lb loss was all the calking mastic paint that burnt off while pressing all the smoke is mass going into the atmosphere but don’t feel bad it’s 15lb mass will be part of some plants in a short while
Drive around and look on the roofs of older houses made before they went to plastic ones.
When the sewer vent comes out of the roof, the boot goes over it and the top end is tucked down into the vent pipe.
The flat flange is covered by the shingles.
Ideally, get smashed new ones. Otherwise your boolits might small like crap.
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Lead pluming stacks are still very common as they will last longer than the product nailed on around them I’ve installed quite a few in the last couple years and the company I work for keeps them in stock for every roof installation well for shingles anyway we use aluminum stacks for flat roofs
Drive around and look on the roofs of older houses made before they went to plastic ones.
When the sewer vent comes out of the roof, the boot goes over it and the top end is tucked down into the vent pipe.
The flat flange is covered by the shingles.
Ideally, get smashed new ones. Otherwise your boolits might small like crap.
Ah, I always assumed those were made of aluminum. Thank you.Here's what they look like if you are buying them at home depot.
I was rushing a bit while rendering and wasn’t too careful while scraping off the dross and getting that sticky tar out. So today I processed my 15 pound bucket of dross. Glad I did because I reclaimed 10.5 pounds of lead leaving less than 5 pounds of dross!!!
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I've been collecting lead flashings (chimney & vent stacks) over the years from a friend of mine that owns a roofing company.
Only drawback is when melting them down, having to deal with all the tar and bits of shingles still attached.
Since I swage a lot of "J" bullets, I need pure Pb for cores.
There's approximately 3000 pounds stacked up, as shown in the picture.
I've accumulated more lead since this picture was taken and have concluded that I have more than enough to take me to the other side.
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Red River Rick. Now that picture is one to warm one's heart.
Just love those 180+ lead bricks.
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