Sawzall over a bucket?Anyone have a good practice to break down large lead bars into smaller chunks? Ive gotten a few bars for free from a friend but my melting pot is not up to snuff to melt most of them. View attachment 385124
That's what I was going to say. That or a bandsaw.Sawzall over a bucket?
Yeah, cold chisel and a hammer.Another thing you could do to break up those blocks is use a chisel or a splitting wedge and just split them up.
Get a cheap Amazon or Harbor Freight one and just smack it with a 5 lb sledgehammer
Same with uswhen making alloy, I use a cheap Walmart ditch oven on a turkey fryer base and use a ladle to pour the alloy into my ingot molds.
FTFY. For a minute I couldn't identify a ditch oven.Or, when making alloy, I use a cheap Walmart dutch oven on a turkey fryer base and use a ladle to pour the alloy into my ingot molds.
Is that a last ditch oven?FTFY. For a minute I couldn't identify a ditch oven.
Yeah I don't think I would be putting that in the oven where my food goes. That would be no buenoDang lots of good ideas! only tip i got before was to bake it in an oven but i did not want to put lead where my food goes