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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ok-22shooter" data-source="post: 4367119" data-attributes="member: 42477">A good day at the shop. Melted down about 300# of used Linotype lead slugs and 60# of pure lead in a second pot. 250# of ingots on the carts. about 50# still in the pot. Now have around 500# of the used Linotype in clean ingots. next melt will be around 175# of lino and adding in 175# of pure lead to get hard ball bullet alloy.  7.5" of depth in my 12" tall by 12" diameter pot is around 350#.I have made 2 of the angle iron molds, 2x2" angle by 12" long. there are 4 angles in each mold. Will probably make a couple more. the 4 ingot molds are pretty heavy when full of lead at around 400 deg F. the new molds will have only 3 pieces of angles. the good thing about the angle molds is they cool fairly quickly as the bottom of the angle is open to air. the 3 by 3 ingot mold I have is a great mold and I like the 2.5# ingots and they stack fairly well. the problem is the center ingot takes a long time to solidify as there is lots of lead around it. might be faster to not pour that ingot and cycle thru faster.</blockquote>