Looking back at the OP a five pound ingot should be fairly easy to melt into smaller ingots. I would get a mini muffin pan and make some half pound ingots.
Looking back at the OP a five pound ingot should be fairly easy to melt into smaller ingots. I would get a mini muffin pan and make some half pound ingots.
A vote for anyone other then the conservative candidates is a vote for the liberal candidates.
I have been thinking about this. I try to dig in the FAQ and in old posts* and having been on the internet since 1983, my search skills are reasonably decent. However, sometimes I just cannot find what I am looking for and I just post a question that I know has been answered so it's at the top of the "new posts" search.
I wonder if a Wiki or some other form of documentation rather than a long list of FAQ posts might be easier.
* A Google search in the form of "site:castboolits.gunloads.com keyword1 keyword2 etc" is very powerful. No quotes, but if you do put quotes around a single keyword or phrase, that tells Google that the result must have that in it.
For future reference if ever needed. The chainsaw will make quick work of sailboat keels. I cut a keel up into manageable pieces. I then went to the woodpile and cut a cord with the same chain without sharpening.
I discovered a table saw with a carbide blade.
I just cut up a 25lb linotype pig into 4 pieces easy as pie.
melted those pieces in my lead pot and made 1 lb ingots.
Go slow, take your time and it works slick as all get out.
Wear a mask and clean up the lead shavings and all is good.
Collector and shooter of guns and other items that require a tax stamp, Lead and brass scrounger. Never too much brass, lead or components in inventory! Always looking to win beauty contests with my reloads.
Use the chips as starter material for empty pots. makes for faster startups and much easier on the pot.
Rebar cutter.
Grumpy Old Man With A Gun....... Do Not Touch !!
If you have a giant hunk of lead, use a chainsaw.
A YouTube boatbuilder needed to cut his lead keel into reasonable chunks.
He used a chain saw. Put down a tarp to catch the chips for remelting.
I use my log splitter, only for big stuff
I usually find an answer to my questions on here. If I have trouble I put on the thinking cap and make my own decision on minor stuff. On this one, a hot, not full pot is the fastest way for me. Last time I measured one fifth of the ingot. Dipped in a pot with c clamp vice grips. It just stands there and melts in 5 or 10 minutes. You guys are all hard workers for sure!!!
I was just going to say, it's amazing how this went from a 5 lb. ingot to sailboat keels.
A 5 lb. ingot is easy to melt with a propane torch.
A vote for anyone other then the conservative candidates is a vote for the liberal candidates.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |