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Melting wheel weights for casting bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="g0rd0" data-source="post: 1050528" data-attributes="member: 44168"><p>not all wheel weights are lead alloy. Some are mostly zink and of no use. First drop them on a cement floor if they clink it zink if it clunks it is lead.</p><p>After sorting out the bad zink wash them I use a 5 gallon plastic pail boiling water and a dish washing machine puck snap on the lid (leave the vent open) and roll it around the driveway for 15 minites . Pour it out on the driveway and let dry.</p><p>The washing is optional I do just to keep the smoke down.</p><p>I have a propaine burner and an old cast iron pot to melt down the lead.</p><p>A steel cafeteria serving spoon</p><p>2 muffin tins (12 to a tin)</p><p>Saftey glasses, a MSA style mask, cotton cloths (NO NYLON,RAYON or any other flimsy stuff) long sleeve no shorts, good gloves (I use 2 OV gloves) leather steel toed boots </p><p>Bullet lube (stick type no moly)</p><p>Matches </p><p>2 large cookie sheets</p><p> </p><p>Once the lead is melted (my pot holds about 25 pounds) you will add a pea sized pinch of lube stir and add a match stirring to bring the clips up, scoop out the clips and toss them on a cookie sheet</p><p>Toss in another pinch of lube stir vigorously and add a match keep stirring till it burns off scoop up the dirt and toss on the pile of clips and pour into the muffin tins (only fill them 1/2 way)</p><p>keep about 1" of the molted lead in the pot and add more weights (the weights will melt faster then if you start with an empty pot)</p><p>The reason why I say only to 1/2 fill the muffin tins is to get them into your furnice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="g0rd0, post: 1050528, member: 44168"] not all wheel weights are lead alloy. Some are mostly zink and of no use. First drop them on a cement floor if they clink it zink if it clunks it is lead. After sorting out the bad zink wash them I use a 5 gallon plastic pail boiling water and a dish washing machine puck snap on the lid (leave the vent open) and roll it around the driveway for 15 minites . Pour it out on the driveway and let dry. The washing is optional I do just to keep the smoke down. I have a propaine burner and an old cast iron pot to melt down the lead. A steel cafeteria serving spoon 2 muffin tins (12 to a tin) Saftey glasses, a MSA style mask, cotton cloths (NO NYLON,RAYON or any other flimsy stuff) long sleeve no shorts, good gloves (I use 2 OV gloves) leather steel toed boots Bullet lube (stick type no moly) Matches 2 large cookie sheets Once the lead is melted (my pot holds about 25 pounds) you will add a pea sized pinch of lube stir and add a match stirring to bring the clips up, scoop out the clips and toss them on a cookie sheet Toss in another pinch of lube stir vigorously and add a match keep stirring till it burns off scoop up the dirt and toss on the pile of clips and pour into the muffin tins (only fill them 1/2 way) keep about 1" of the molted lead in the pot and add more weights (the weights will melt faster then if you start with an empty pot) The reason why I say only to 1/2 fill the muffin tins is to get them into your furnice [/QUOTE]
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