12-13-2003, 12:15 PM
Most any gun reloading shop will have pots, also they will have latels where you dont have to melt as much at one time. both pot and ladel are cast iron.
to melt the led all you need is a colamn burner. similar to that of the lantern. you can do it on an electric hot plat or even a gass grill burner. you just want to be sure that you have a concreate floor or a dirt floor. if you drip the lead on a wood floor you vary well could start a fire lead burns hot enough to set wood on fire and cools slow. any burns from lead will fall in the catigory of 3rd degree.
if all you are making a half dozen to a dozen I would go with the cast iron ladel.
there is also on the market plug in smelting pots where you can put the lead in plug it in wait then pour. again you may want to use a cement yard tile for a work base in case of spills. you can set one on a work bench or picknick table. and not have to wory about starting a fire.
if you go with the smelting pot you will get a set of instructions on mold making.
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to melt the led all you need is a colamn burner. similar to that of the lantern. you can do it on an electric hot plat or even a gass grill burner. you just want to be sure that you have a concreate floor or a dirt floor. if you drip the lead on a wood floor you vary well could start a fire lead burns hot enough to set wood on fire and cools slow. any burns from lead will fall in the catigory of 3rd degree.
if all you are making a half dozen to a dozen I would go with the cast iron ladel.
there is also on the market plug in smelting pots where you can put the lead in plug it in wait then pour. again you may want to use a cement yard tile for a work base in case of spills. you can set one on a work bench or picknick table. and not have to wory about starting a fire.
if you go with the smelting pot you will get a set of instructions on mold making.
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