Boolit Bub Join DateOct 2012LocationTXPosts37
Thought I would post some pictures of tonight's festivities.
Materials-200lbpure/200lbWW/7lb pure Sn from Roto.
Fluxing
And out with an alloy ready to drop in the pot and cast.
All credit on the pot goes to Shadowcaster, I copied his setup. It is truly amazing. To think I have been smelting with my Lee 20 for over 3 years boggles my mind at this point.
I did add one neat feature since I am in this as a small commercial caster. I have a scale underneath the entire setup that will handle 750lb and reads in .2lb increments. I have confirmed at this point it is going to allow me to measure out very precise alloy recipes.
This my very first run with this but I think it can manage 2,000-4,000 lbs of alloy on a long all day run.
"Practice the art and study the science."
Nice setup. Time now for some serious boolit casting.
Boolit Master Join DateJan 2012LocationSaskatchewan CanadaPosts229Whoa! Look at the bar on the chainsaw! Are you logging in the old growth? Man that is a loooong chain!Ok, now that I can concentrate again! Nice smelting setup. I really like the big flat bottomed pot for distributing heat. The best part is how you have braced it and insured against it ever tipping over. I am taking mental notes and marking this page. My very first smelt is only weeks away if the weather ever co operates.
You need to get serious and step up from that puny operation with a cement truck for a pot and a flame thrower for heat!LOL! Just kidding. That is a very nice setup and I am jealous! Makes my dutch oven look puny.
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Boolit Man Join DateJan 2013LocationBanks, ORPosts83Nice setup. I only get 40# to 50# in my tea kettle, but I don't have the space you do. Not to mention 2,000# is well past my needs at this point. 200-400# is more my range to reach. If I ever have higher needs this is the direction i might go.
Boolit Master Join DateJun 2011LocationNorthwest MontanaPosts163Mighty fine setup you have there!!
Shad
I believe in gold, silver, & lead, and the rights of free honest men... You can keep the "CHANGE"!
I think you are ready for any smelting job out there, Nice setup and good luck with the bullet casting.
That's a hoss of a setup!A couple weeks ago I cut an old style propane tank in half. Going to weld handles on the bottom for a pot for now and save the top for a bottom pour smelter down the road.
Boolit Bub Join DateOct 2012LocationTXPosts37I'm really happy with my setup. I must make a confession.
Imagine this....you've got 400 lbs of fluxed 2% tin bullet perfect alloy ready.
"The work is over boys, he'll yeah pass me a cold beer and lets pour some ingots!"Umm No. I'm an idiot.
Instead of going with standard channel iron(rounded bottom corners that tapers outward), I thought hey....I will capture a bit more efficiency and get my hands on special channel iron that is .25" deeper with a square bottom and straight walls. DO NOT do this. We spent the better part of 2 hours freeing the ingots from the molds, which included the use of a roofing hammer, 8lb hammer, 12lb sledge a beast of a screwdriver and at one point I lost my cool and took a 60lb jackhammer to these molds trying to free my precious metal from them.
Lesson learned, I intend on taking an air powered die grinder to the inside of the molds and tapering them.
Did you say, penny wise and pound foolish? I try not to be but in many cases, it fits the bill.
Haha, God, I am most definitely in love with this despicable silver goddess.
To hell with with the tinsel fairy.
"Practice the art and study the science."
I think I read some where timing is the key to getting the led out of that style mold you can't let it set in there to long
Boolit Bub Join DateOct 2012LocationTXPosts37Yeah we experimented with one mold that seemed to dropthe easiest. I could not find a window of opportunity with this mold. Try to drop it early the ingot fractures and casts of fragments ranging from .10-.5lb. Or you let it cool and 90-180 seconds later you look up with a hammer in your hand and realize ur sweating from beating on the back of of a mold.
Standard channel in my humble opinion is not only recommended but mandatory.
I learned this lesson in blood, sweat and tears.
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