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Arctic Participating Member Offline Posts: 48 Location: Yellowknife, Canada Joined: Jan 7^th, 2013	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #15 - Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 12:17am	Print Post
	For a while I used the 25 lb. propane tank with the top cut off on top of a burner. Then switched to a 40lb. tank cut lengthways on a frame so it sat over 1 or 2 turkey burners. Excellent!


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 728 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #16 - Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 10:17am	Print Post
	Made 20 years ago. 6" well casing ,old Coleman one burner camp stove. Dutch oven on top,works great!

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ten-mile Full Member Offline Posts: 160 Location: Chetek Joined: Dec 8^th, 2007	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #17 - Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 10:54am	Print Post
	I have a linotype melting unit from a print shop. LP fired, 500# capacity with a drain gate valve. Last use was melting wheelweights at a junkyard.


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mes Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 486 Location: Van Dyne, Wisconsin Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #18 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 2:32pm	Print Post
	A propane weed burner with the flame hitting the lead in the pot will cut your melt time by 60 to 80 percent over just using the turkey burner.

	Martin Stenback
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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2479 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #19 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 2:56pm	Print Post
	I second the weed burner idea. I have a non-urkey fryer rated burner and a large cast iron dutch oven with the feet ground off. I have been getting used roof flashing with some tar left on it for years until they closed last year, so melting is a bit messy. The burner stand keeps it hot while the weed burner makes things melt faster and sets the tar on fire. I only have about 100 lbs of the flashing left and will need to find a new source eventually. Jack

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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 624 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #20 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	That looks way to easy.


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Otony Full Member Offline Posts: 174 Location: Walla Walla/Bandon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #21 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 8:29pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jan 4^th, 2024 at 2:56pm: I second the weed burner idea. I have a non-urkey fryer rated burner and a large cast iron dutch oven with the feet ground off. I have been getting used roof flashing with some tar left on it for years until they closed last year, so melting is a bit messy. The burner stand keeps it hot while the weed burner makes things melt faster and sets the tar on fire. I only have about 100 lbs of the flashing left and will need to find a new source eventually. Jack These photos of pots and burners inside shops, in what looks like narrow quarters, always gives me the Willies because I know with complete certainty I would have an easy time of creating a disaster! Please tell me it is just posed for pictures atop that piece of carpet!


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2479 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #22 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	The only time I ever use that “inside” the shop is when I any creating a lead tin alloy with clean lead. I will mix 30 lbs of lead with 1.5 lbs of tin. I do that just inside the doorway on the concrete with a fan blowing out the door. If I am doing lead cleaning, I have it set up in a dog kennel with a pitched tarp roof. The burner sits on a 4x4 sheet of cement board. I ladle into a couple of muffin tins until it is too shallow. Then I pick the pot up with a large visegrip and pour. Jack

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GunBum Full Member Offline Posts: 120 Location: SW Missouri Joined: Oct 30^th, 2021	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #23 - Jan 4^th, 2024 at 10:18pm	Print Post
	I don’t use a Turkey fryer. I prefer the fish fryer. I do the same when cleaning up scrap lead. A large Dutch oven on the fish fryer with the weed burner to speed things up. I ladle the lead into a cast iron muffin tin after cleaning it up. I use sawdust from the shop and/or used candles to flux the lead. My wife burns bunches of those little smelly candles, so I steal them occasionally to flux lead.


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 728 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #24 - Jan 5^th, 2024 at 9:22am	Print Post
	Well I thought everybody smelled the aroma of lead a cooking.....

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nanuk Newbie Offline Posts: 2 Location: Saskatchewan Canada Joined: Dec 19^th, 2010	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #25 - Jan 10^th, 2024 at 7:31pm	Print Post
	Arctic wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2024 at 12:17am: For a while I used the 25 lb. propane tank with the top cut off on top of a burner. Then switched to a 40lb. tank cut lengthways on a frame so it sat over 1 or 2 turkey burners. Excellent! I have heard about cast pots from overseas being of poor material and prone to cracking/breaking when hot since then, I've never used a cast iron pot, of any make/model steel pots only from now on. propane bottles cut off are my "GoTo" I like Arctic's idea of cutting one long.... would make for a great open top, and a tube burner would work perfect on it. I happen to have a couple 40lbers handy! Hey Arctic. have you shot that 500BPE yet?


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Arctic Participating Member Offline Posts: 48 Location: Yellowknife, Canada Joined: Jan 7^th, 2013	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #26 - Jan 10^th, 2024 at 11:21pm	Print Post
	Nanuk, ..... of course, but have to confess it's been awhile. Was thinking of it a few days ago, but at -52 it's not going out this week!


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nanuk Newbie Offline Posts: 2 Location: Saskatchewan Canada Joined: Dec 19^th, 2010	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #27 - Jan 11^th, 2024 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	Arctic wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 11:21pm: Nanuk, ..... of course, but have to confess it's been awhile. Was thinking of it a few days ago, but at -52 it's not going out this week! Good to hear the 9.3 has made a bit of noise also, but infrequently life decided to have other plans, but things are looking up I think I'm going to use your horizontal pot idea. I have an "Ingot" to melt down for round balls and conicals. over a tonne of it sitting in my yard. just need to figure out how to take it down into handlable sizes once I get that working, I have a couple moulds for the 9.3 Good to hear from you!


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JHand Participating Member Offline Posts: 13 Joined: Apr 15^th, 2024	Re: Any large lead melting pot designs? Reply #28 - Apr 24^th, 2024 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	I use an old cast iron pot I was given. It's about the size of a crockpot and holds 100lbs easy. I hear it on a propane burner I got from Amazon for about $40. I only alloy about 100lbs at a time, and when I burn through that, the pot gets fired up again


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