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The biggest pot I ever used to melt lead was an old cast iron claw foot bathtub. Of course, it was to melt about 3000 pounds for a sailboat keel in an in-ground sand cast mold. Heat was via a half dozen oil burners scavenged out of old furnaces. It got pretty exciting when I opened the valve and the lead poured out through the 2" galvanized pipe. It only took about 30 seconds for the bathtub to empty! Whoo boy! (The biggest hassle was yanking that big slug up out of the ground after it had cooled.)