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--------------D1E5CF2203D2C371B2151C1C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris, You can melt the lead in a cast iron pot on a Coleman stove. For protection just a set of welders gloves and a full face shield that you would use in a machine shop. I have not built any 'V' weights but we use this to smelt down used wheel weight lead for a 50caliber elephant gun we take to the range every now and then. Hope this helps. James No tile above No ground below Good diving Chris Tibble wrote: > I want to make a 'V' weight in preparation for my new > twinset, which I'm ordering soon. I have the lead weights, > and I can make a mould no problem, but I want to know how > best to (safely) melt the lead down. Any ideas about heat > source and suitable container for molten lead? Protective > gear? Chris > -- > To reply remove 'Nospam' from address. It takes a big man > to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that > man.Chris --------------D1E5CF2203D2C371B2151C1C Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Chris, <br>You can melt the lead in a cast iron pot on a Coleman stove. <br>For protection just a set of welders gloves and a full face shield that you would use <br>in a machine shop. I have not built any 'V' weights but we use this to smelt down <br>used wheel weight lead for a 50caliber elephant gun we take to the range every now and then. <br>Hope this helps. <br>James <br>No tile above <br>No ground below <br>Good diving <p>Chris Tibble wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I want to make a 'V' weight in preparation for my new twinset, which I'm ordering soon. I have the lead weights, and I can make a mould no problem, but I want to know how best to (safely) melt the lead down. Any ideas about heat source and suitable container for molten lead? Protective gear?</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Chris</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>--</font></font> <br><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>To reply remove 'Nospam' from address.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Chris</font></font></blockquote> </body> </html> --------------D1E5CF2203D2C371B2151C1C-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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