David Wile
Member
Hey Folks,
I took my son-in-law to Sam's for tires yesterday. He came home with four new tires, and I came home with three small buckets full of wheel weights and the required extra junk like old valve stems, paper, and a lot of sunflower seed shells. I spent about four hours this evening rendering them down to WW ingots. Since I did it in the basement with just a fan blowing smoke out the basement door, the house still ended up with a nasty odor from all the junk that gets burned off the WW in the process. It was just too cold to do it outside.
I can't complain too much though. It is the first big batch of WW I have processed in almost ten years. When I was finished, I had 25 ingots that weighed between 5.0 and 6.25 pounds each. I figure I ended up with a total of about 135 pounds of good stuff.
I used a big cast iron kettle on a big propane burner. The kettle holds about 75 pounds of lead when it is filled to within an inch of the top, and the WW I had made two batches that were a little less than full.
I just wish I could make some #8 shot with it besides bullets. Has anyone had any experience with the Littleton Shotmaker?
Best wishes,
Dave Wile
I took my son-in-law to Sam's for tires yesterday. He came home with four new tires, and I came home with three small buckets full of wheel weights and the required extra junk like old valve stems, paper, and a lot of sunflower seed shells. I spent about four hours this evening rendering them down to WW ingots. Since I did it in the basement with just a fan blowing smoke out the basement door, the house still ended up with a nasty odor from all the junk that gets burned off the WW in the process. It was just too cold to do it outside.
I can't complain too much though. It is the first big batch of WW I have processed in almost ten years. When I was finished, I had 25 ingots that weighed between 5.0 and 6.25 pounds each. I figure I ended up with a total of about 135 pounds of good stuff.
I used a big cast iron kettle on a big propane burner. The kettle holds about 75 pounds of lead when it is filled to within an inch of the top, and the WW I had made two batches that were a little less than full.
I just wish I could make some #8 shot with it besides bullets. Has anyone had any experience with the Littleton Shotmaker?
Best wishes,
Dave Wile