Melting lead today to make ingots

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Anyone that wants to melt some lead come on over.
I was cleaning the very messy garage and came upon a lot of lead that needs to be in ingot form to take up less space.
 

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Got a few poured waiting on lead to melt.
I think I may make some more bank casting sinkers.
I have the mold that makes 2-3-4-5 oz sinkers.

Last time at the river I was using 2 3 or 4 to snag spoonbills.
Depending on the depth if the fish and how strong the current was.
Most of the time 2 and 3 oz stuck them.

Go through a lot of sinkers fishing webber falls
 

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Ran out of propane.. Ye propane is being used today.

In the open shed with gravel floor..I have wind blocks set up.

Got a modified cooker look in preppers section. I will post something on it.
 

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That modification worked much faster when melting lead.
I did about 80 lbs.
a drop in the bucket.
Got that shower pan out of the way though and all those bullets I did not want to use.
 

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seems that way I have about 3x more to melt though.. later date probably.
Buddies grandmother passed a couple hours ago.. she was in bad shape.
She is in a better place for sure. I wanted to stop and make some chocolate chip cookies for the family.
I do that instead of flowers..
I mean you can eat many kinds of flower parts but Cookies you can eat all of them.
 

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Yea that is a fact. I actually made them in the oven!! I use air bake pans or stone to cook my cookies on.
I have a really nice lead melting pan now though..Got it dumpster diving.. just saying :)
All stainless with extra thick bottom and hot riveted heavy handle on it. did not even bend the handle.
 

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