Yeah, that is my plan. I am making a smelting pot from a stainless keg that I have, and I picked up a Lyman big dipper kit for cheap to do all my tin and pewter in.
Yeah, that is my plan. I am making a smelting pot from a stainless keg that I have, and I picked up a Lyman big dipper kit for cheap to do all my tin and pewter in.
I was doing a quick batch before dinner and I got a visit from the tinsel fairy a little cup must have had a double wall, heard a sizzle sound, took a set back and then ther was a pop and there was tin on the floor
I preheat everything before I put it in the pot.
Or, fill a cold pot, then turn it on so the temp comes up slow enough to burn the moisture out.
If the humidity is high enough, you can get Lead jumping out of there just by putting a cold ingot in a hot pot.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
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