Today I made lead. A while back my buddy gave me a large industrial lead weight. Must have weighed over 80 lbs. It was much too big and heavy for my lead pot, trying to melt it down with a gas torch proved unsuccessful. Today I carrying it....slowly, into the back yard, grunting and groaning at each step. I cut in half with a chainsaw and saved all the shavings. The shavings and one half of the weight went into a cast iron pot on top of my "made in India charcoal forge". Soon I was able to start filling the ingot mold. When the pot got low the second half of the weight went in.
I should have enough lead now to make round balls for the foreseeable future.
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Chainsaw?? Holy Hell… if I was your neighbor I’d lend you a bandsaw or even a crappy chisel! No charge.