How to melt lead wheel weights into ingots
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- What metal comes to mind when you hear “precious metal”, gold, platinum, silver? Lead comes to mind when I hear “precious metals”. Lead is a highly dynamic metal that can be used to make anything from fishing sinkers to ammunition.
In this episode I’m going to teach you the basic steps to processing scrap lead wheel weights into cleaner more pure lead ingots that can be used to make whatever your heart desires.
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I LOVE how this guy pluralizes words that don't need it. Constitutions, ammunitions.....Just like Kenny Powers! I think its endearing and I share this man's outlook on the future of America!
The noun ammunition can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be ammunition. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be ammunitions e.g. in reference to various types of ammunitions or a collection of ammunitions.
Constitutions referring to the potential that the viewers of this particular video are not of the same nationality, but rather scattered in various countries in which “constitutions” would be proper.
Thanks for the comment and keeping me honest on my 3rd grade grammar.
@@FishQuest Kenny, just own it. When speaking of ammo, we don’t say ammunitions. We say ammo, or ammunition. Regardless of caliber or lot.
Also, there is only one REAL constitution.
Thank bro, we know what time it is on the street. FJB.
Great informative video. I especially like your use of a shovel to add to the molten pool.
Hey thanks for the feedback, it didn’t take long to realize that wheel weights buried in a 5 gallon bucket may hold some water which will pop explosively when it submerges in lead, the shovel is a must now a days hah.
Absolutely agree.
They won't stop us.
I used these with the Team Catfish weight slides to make a ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxdmsDj7fQXe77DC0l7P7ua8B3PiESUubM Carolina rig and they were perfect for the ponds I fish. I have also used them to make 3 way rigs and these work perfectly. Haven't had any issues with them snagging in rocks or in weeds yet.
Thanks for posting this ❤
For sure, thanks for subscribing!
A well done video..!
I will give you a clarification though. Moisture is only a problem when it gets beneath the surface of the melt. Any moisture on top will simply hiss & steam away. Also.. Sawdust is an excellent flux but you need to let it completely char before stirring it in. It could contain moisture and then we are back to the water & molten lead discussion.
Thanks for the video...
Thanks for the comment, all excellent, noteworthy points.
Great video!! 👍 Thanks for info! Very good content brother! 👌
Thanks for the feedback! I greatly appreciate it!
Great video 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!
Great explanation of how to process lead . Thanks .
How do You dispose of the waste ?
thank you and great question. In the past, I waited until the waste had cooled and then I put it into the dumpster. More recently I've been taking the cooled waste to a recycling center where they'd take it for free.
Do you have any links to products you use that you have found more efficient than others?!
Just found your channel and Subscribed. Very nice
@RustyInventions-wz6ir, welcome aboard and thank you.
Excellent video. I notice you don't seperate the soft lead into a seperate batch. Also you need to address the ZINC weights that are always in the mix, and the importance of seperating them out. I know that you know this but just didn't mention it. ZINC melts at a higher temp so if you DON'T let your batch get too hot they will get scraped out with the steel clips. BUT, if you let your batch get above 667 degrees, any stray zinc weights will melt and destroy the entire batch. ZINC will melt into the lead but will not alloy with it. ZINC contamination forms a gloopy ugly mess that is useless. Again great video, thanx.
great comment and info. looking back, I wish I would have gone over the need to sort out the zinc wheel weights from the mix or make mention of the need to babysit the melting pot to spot any stray zinc weights. Looking back I don't believe I have ever actually melted zinc weights on my lead because I'm constantly watching and waiting for the lead to melt so the zinc didn't have the chance to melt at a higher temp. From what I understand only a percentage of the zinc will mix yet it will "poison" the batch which will result in inferior casts. I do have one question for you and that is lead melts at 621 °F and zinc at 786 °F, you mentioned 667°F, what does that temp pertain to?
Again thanks for the comment and helping others learn.
@@FishQuest Sorry i popped that number off the top of my head. Your number is correct for the melting point of ZINC. I have wrecked a few batches of lead and it doesnt take much zinc to do it. I collect from tire shops around town and these days i keep all the zinc for casting things other than boolits. Thanx
@@ITZGR82BFREE right on, thanks again!
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I agree with everything you have said in this video
Thanks for the sub!
What about the zinc weights do those melt down with the lead?
The zinc has a higher melting temp than the lead so they are easily scooped off with the steel scrap however they can melt and “poison” the lead batch.
Use wax to clean the Lead
How can we get earning by lead
I have seen people sell lead ingots on Facebook Marketplace as well as Ebay. There are groups on FB that teach how to process and sell lead. I'd start there.
What was the pour you used at the end for the sinkers
@ryanlilly1293, the pot I used was a Lee Pro 4 20LB, I modified the pot by adding a piece of 3/4” plywood between the base and the back to make it stand tall enough to pour into my big 14 oz sinker molds. I’m currently working on a video that goes over my gear I use and the process of making sinkers.
@@FishQuest sweet thank you
Where did you buy that mold?
Which mold exactly?
Have you ever bit onto tss shot, a proper tooth breaker. I have enough pure and alloy lead to last three lifetime's.
I mainly find my self hunting grouse in Utah and occasionally a bb slips past me and I catch it on a tooth!
Wheel weights are crap now. They don't use pure lead mostly anymore. I just bought a bunch from my local junk yard and it don't melt with a lead smelting pot. :( smh
The sad truth about used wheel weights is that as the years pass actual lead wheel weights become harder to find. Have you tried going to your local scrap yard to see if they will sell you other forms of scrap lead?
@@FishQuest I haven't stopped by there as it's like 30 miles away. I called them 2 days ago and had to leave a message, but they never returned my call. I'll have to call them again next week.
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GREAT VIDIO