looking to melt lead oxide in furnace/crucible, anyone in Tulsa area have one

[ok-22shooter]

I am smelting used Linotype to get clean alloyed lead and remove the fines that are trapped within the slugs I have received. It appears that the oxides that have formed will melt at around 500 deg C to reform into the metal. This not practical with a turkey fryer burner. As I have over 300# of fines, I would like to try melting in a furnace/crucible to see if it works and if it is worth the effort b4 I build or buy a furnace. Anyone in NE Oklahoma have a furnace and be willing to give this a try?

 

[rickm]

Dont know why you cant use the turkey fryer burner and just use small amounts cause i use one regularly to make ingots and usually do 40#'s at a time it just takes longer (but im usually outdoors and in the cooler time of the year and having to deal with wind) depending on the regulator you have on the fryer and mine will get way above 500 degrees i usually regulate it around 650.

 

[dennishoddy]

Dont know why you cant use the turkey fryer burner and just use small amounts cause i use one regularly to make ingots and usually do 40#'s at a time it just takes longer (but im usually outdoors and in the cooler time of the year and having to deal with wind) depending on the regulator you have on the fryer and mine will get way above 500 degrees i usually regulate it around 650.

Regulator being the key as you said for more heat.
I use this one.

https://a.co/d/dsCfQMz

 

[rickm]

I don't remember what size regulator i use i have several laying around and i just switched them out til i found the one that worked for me.
The last one i bought was from a individual and it was the burner set up and a full bottle of gas for $10 he was going to throw it away so i gave him the 10

 

[Hooper]

I use a metal tin can on top of my propane fish/turkey burner.
I probably need to get a little heavier something to melt in, just in case the old can busts a seam. I use a pair of channel locks and welding gloves for transfer into old cupcake tins. I get a rhythm going while melting and pouring with two cupcake pans, and adding linotype to my old crisco tin, long tablespoon for skimming trash out, candle wax and sawdust for flux.

Just take a minute for the lead to solidify enough in the cupcake tins to be able to let them pop out on turnover on a clean surface. So if you have two tins it is like using two bullet molds in bullet making.

My linotype is always pretty clean after one melt and pour.

My problem is I do not see Linotype lead available any more to melt.

Oh yeah I do all lead processing outside in a tall shop, with a fan on low to make an airflow away from me.
I try to make sure there isn't any water or other liquids close to the process also. I probably should wear my clear face shield, but I just wear my Ray Bans.