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  1. 06-16-2012, 08:59 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by buckatabon View Post
    I have never tried brass or copper but I do make lead ingots from scrap. My plan was to make some dive weights but that hasn't happen yet. Currently I have about 200 pound in lead ingots. I have tried to melt Aluminum nails with no luck, I can't get the Aluminum to flow from the cast iron pot to the mold. I guess I can't get the metal hot enough.
    I cast these SCUBA weight molds for making 2,3,4 and 5 lbs lead weights, my furnace uses an 800,000 btu propane burner which gets hot enough to melt aluminum, brass, copper and the bronzes.



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