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When melting lead need to have everything ready to do it without having to stumble around as this stuff of course is hot. A big ol iron pot with long handle or strong wire bail is best (lot of heavy lead to move around). Either carve a wooden wedge and mold morter around it or use george's method of using heavy guage foil and form it between the tanks carefully; then trim it and place it in a box of soil; then pour the lead in it. To get back to the wood wedge, it needs to be greased wel to keep it from sticking to the mortar. Once the mortar sets pull out the wedge and once the mortar is quite dry pour inthe lead. Don't know if your cooker will work but I do know the kitchen gas stove will do. Surround your heating pot with dry brick to concentrate the heat and gently add lead to the pot as necessary. Sam Frushour On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Jim Cobb wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 97 08:59:36 -0500 > From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> > To: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>, > Cavers Mailing List <cavers@ge*.co*> > Subject: V-weights > > I want to make some V weights and was wondering what technique you guy > use. What I was thinking of doing was getting some clay to make the > mockup, then using the mockup to make a mold using plaster or sand. I > have a 50,000 BTU cajun cooker, would this be hot enough to melt the > lead? Should the lead pot be of cast iron? > > Does anyone know who sells these things before I hurt myself or burn the > house down?? > > Jim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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