Thanks, Novalty. My back complained about that afternoon! You have a nice pile too, and I like your set-up.
Spot, the heat can be a problem. The beam clamp and conduit strap on the side of the pot hold my thermometer. The only time I really crank it up is to start large odd size pieces of sheet lead to melting, then it gets cut back down.
Flyboy, I still like and use wheel weights. What I don't like is the increased amount of Zinc and Iron that I'm finding. Sorting them is a slow process. I also hear that the composition is changing, but I am not seeing this, yet! Thats one reason that I smelt in batches of 250-300 pounds.
I have a plan to build a bottom pour pot for smelting. Not sure if I will or not. I don't know if I have that lifetime supply or how much longer that I'll need to do this. Lightman
