casting setup

[fleener]

The below is my casting setup in my shop.

It is an old fume hood that I picked up at the University's surplus sale for $15.

The fume hood has a light inside. I rigged up a dryer vent hose and plumbed it to the outside just like a cloths dryer.

This setup allows me to cast inside my shop whenever I want.

The thick plexiglass hood provides me protection for my face.

I use a Waage lead pot. The Waage has a great thermostat in it and keeps the lead at a very constant temperature which I believe helps keep my bullet casting. It is a very stable pot and I do not have fear of tipping it over.

Under the pot I have 3 pieces of cement fiber board siding that is fairly fire proof.

The hood is setup with rope and pulleys so that I can put it up next to the ceiling and clear up the work bench area.

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[Adui]

Nice! When I was casting (before my stuff was lost in an extended move) I just had an old Lyman cast iron pot, a lee mold, a Lyman dipper, and an electric stove burner hooked directly to an electrical cord, no control. Always outside, the burner sat on a cobbled together frame within an old coffee tin to direct the meager heat it provided more on the pot.

Before that it was the same equipment heated by a Coleman white gas stove.

 

[fleener]

I also use a hot plate to pre heat my molds. I start casting good bullet from the very beginning.

I cast mostly concicals and my molds are steel.

Fleener

 

[Adui]

I actually plan to do that when I start casting again.

 

[Nativearizonan]

Good find on that vented hood. I think you can safely say it cost the University considerably more than $15.

I just stand next to an open garage door, if the weather is bad, which is not nearly as good as a vented hood like that.

 

[azmntman]

The below is my casting setup in my shop.

GENIUS!
:hatsoff:

 

[hawkeye2]

I like it. :thumbsup:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Nice set-up. Although I am a bit puzzled about wat "fairly fireproof" means.
In nice weather I cast with my shop single-car garage door open and a fan blowing fresh air across my work area.

 

[fleener]

fairly fireproof, means that the cement fiberboard does not burn well.

Fleener

 

[okawbow]

That’s a nice set up, but actually, melting lead does not produce lead fumes below 1200 degrees F.

Exposure to lead from casting, normally comes from handling the lead and then eating, drinking or smoking without washing the hands first.

Your fume hood will help when you flux the lead, or melt contaminated lead, and release fumes from stuff that might be with the lead. Pure lead does not produce fumes at normal casting temperatures.