So i managed to get a 5 gallon bucket of rad dripping's, FREE!! But that's where the fun stopped. The lead was dripped into the bucket hot, so it was melted right into the plastic!
This morning I was up really early and decided to tackle it when the neighbour's were still sleeping. I cut off as much of the bucket as I could but had to use a propane torch to melt/burn enough to get it into the melt pot.
That's when the work started! When i finally had it into the pot there was at least 6 rag's in there! and cardboard,and plastic and a couple rad cap's and rubber hose chunk's (did I mention it was dark and early?) I ended up using 1 1/2 liter's of oil to burn off as much as i could (it was VERY early) and burn it did! I used a pry bar as a stirr stick and gasoline to keep restarting it. Flux? i started with 1/2 inch sections of candle but ended up tossing the whole thing in to keep it burning. Did I mention rubber hose chunk's? They burned too,once it was hot enough.
So for 4 hour's work I ended up with about 30lb's of 70/30 solder
I don't even use solder when I cast boolit's, but it was free, and now I have some for sale/trade.
Did I mention it started to snow when it came time to pour the ingot's?
Yep, I'll remember this smelting day,
But it was still better then a good day at work!
This morning I was up really early and decided to tackle it when the neighbour's were still sleeping. I cut off as much of the bucket as I could but had to use a propane torch to melt/burn enough to get it into the melt pot.
That's when the work started! When i finally had it into the pot there was at least 6 rag's in there! and cardboard,and plastic and a couple rad cap's and rubber hose chunk's (did I mention it was dark and early?) I ended up using 1 1/2 liter's of oil to burn off as much as i could (it was VERY early) and burn it did! I used a pry bar as a stirr stick and gasoline to keep restarting it. Flux? i started with 1/2 inch sections of candle but ended up tossing the whole thing in to keep it burning. Did I mention rubber hose chunk's? They burned too,once it was hot enough.
So for 4 hour's work I ended up with about 30lb's of 70/30 solder
I don't even use solder when I cast boolit's, but it was free, and now I have some for sale/trade.
Did I mention it started to snow when it came time to pour the ingot's?
Yep, I'll remember this smelting day,
But it was still better then a good day at work!
