Hooda Thunkit
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The last of the Clip-on Wheel Weights (CWW)
Probably 75-ish pounds, already sorted. More than likely, and sadly, the last I will ever get - aside from the odd one or two I find laying around.
And, from an older fella that will not be casting anymore, some purchased CWW ingots-
Each of the ingot buckets are roughly 50 pounds, and I had 3 others that I had already moved and wasn't moving back to pose the pic. I need to render and clean the CWW, and also render the purchased ingots. They don't look all that well done to me, so I'll do it over. I want to ingotize (is that a word?) all this into my standard, and stack-able, ingot.
Load the rendering pot, and start the heat. Whilst it is heating up I can set up all the other tools needed.
Getting there -
I heat it to about 600*, to keep from melting any zinkers that I missed. The Zn melts at about 750. I found 3 this time, despite my best efforts.
Making lead soup.
Hours later, after melting, fluxing with oiled sawdust, reducing with wax -
80 bricks, about 2.25-2.5 pounds each. Quart oil bottle added for perspective.
51 more laid out under the fan, cooling.
These 51 marked and ready to stash.
Good enough for a mornings' work. I have another ~150 pounds to do, then about 75 pounds of range lead. When I get it all cleaned up and ingotized (really, is that a word?) I can stop tripping over the dang buckets all over.
When I get the rest set up and stacked, I'll snap a pic of my stash.
Probably 75-ish pounds, already sorted. More than likely, and sadly, the last I will ever get - aside from the odd one or two I find laying around.
And, from an older fella that will not be casting anymore, some purchased CWW ingots-
Each of the ingot buckets are roughly 50 pounds, and I had 3 others that I had already moved and wasn't moving back to pose the pic. I need to render and clean the CWW, and also render the purchased ingots. They don't look all that well done to me, so I'll do it over. I want to ingotize (is that a word?) all this into my standard, and stack-able, ingot.
Load the rendering pot, and start the heat. Whilst it is heating up I can set up all the other tools needed.
Getting there -
I heat it to about 600*, to keep from melting any zinkers that I missed. The Zn melts at about 750. I found 3 this time, despite my best efforts.
Making lead soup.
Hours later, after melting, fluxing with oiled sawdust, reducing with wax -
80 bricks, about 2.25-2.5 pounds each. Quart oil bottle added for perspective.
51 more laid out under the fan, cooling.
These 51 marked and ready to stash.
Good enough for a mornings' work. I have another ~150 pounds to do, then about 75 pounds of range lead. When I get it all cleaned up and ingotized (really, is that a word?) I can stop tripping over the dang buckets all over.
When I get the rest set up and stacked, I'll snap a pic of my stash.
