Bullet Casting...... It begins!

Red Iron said:
I'm quite new to casting as well but I wouldn't toss the stick on weights. From what I've been told they are usually closer to pure lead. Even if you aren't going to use them you could trade them or give them to someone who muzzle loads.
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That's why I put them in my "scrap" bucket... that as I said in the video... I can sell to a scrap dealer. I don't know anyone in my locale who casts so trading or giving to muzzle loaders isn't really an option.

I'm new to reloading too and am not comfortable enough to start playing with alloys. Wheel weights work, so I'm going to stick with that for a while...
 
I melted a bunch of stick ons in my Lee pot when I first started. It was a big mess, the tape didn't just burn off right away. In the outdoor propane pot in 200lbs mybe not as big a deal.

I'd still save them for the day you get the black powder bug or start messing with alloys. Then you'll already have soft/pure at the ready.
 
tbooker said:
I don't worry about sorting my weights. I just scoop out what ever is floating on the top as soon as the pot becomes liquid. This way the melt doesn't get hot enough to melt the zinc. Much easier than sorting all the wheel weights.
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I was going to mention that too. I don't even bother to pull out valve stems and gum wrappers, just skim as soon as molten then flux and skim a couple more times as it comes up to temperature.
 
hk33ka1 said:
I melted a bunch of stick ons in my Lee pot when I first started. It was a big mess, the tape didn't just burn off right away. In the outdoor propane pot in 200lbs mybe not as big a deal.

I'd still save them for the day you get the black powder bug or start messing with alloys. Then you'll already have soft/pure at the ready.
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That's a good point... I'll hold on to them.

762shooter said:
I was going to mention that too. I don't even bother to pull out valve stems and gum wrappers, just skim as soon as molten then flux and skim a couple more times as it comes up to temperature.
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That's an interesting way of doing things. I guess its quite obvious that I'm still in the honeymoon stage... I get my smelt on as soon as I have 10-15lbs of wheel weights accumulated! lol So going through such a small amount of material really doesn't take much time.
 
hk33ka1 said:
I melted a bunch of stick ons in my Lee pot when I first started. It was a big mess, the tape didn't just burn off right away. In the outdoor propane pot in 200lbs mybe not as big a deal.

I'd still save them for the day you get the black powder bug or start messing with alloys. Then you'll already have soft/pure at the ready.
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That's why they tell you to smelt in a seperate container.
Here's my smelting pot.

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cycbb486 said:
where can I find your other vids on casting??????
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In my original post, click to start the video and click on the "youtube" symbol in the bottom right corner of the video. That'll take you to youtube where you can get to my Channel and find my other videos. If you subscribe, you can be notified when I upload new videos (it also helps me out with my ratings and such)!
 
nice, welcome to the bug, if bitten hard, good luck, books will help, but just doing is better, i use rcbs melting furnce to control the temp, use old bbq (not for food) for cleaning range lead
 
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