Posted by Wardner on November 19, 2008 at 23:40:26 from (4.154.246.110):
In Reply to: Melting Lead posted by 1 Dollar on November 19, 2008 at 19:46:34:
Plumbers used to melt lead routinely. Both to join sections of lead pipe or traps and fixtures, or to caulk cast iron waste and vent pipes. And hasn't everyone here sweated copper tube?
30 years ago, every large printer had a linotype machine with a pot of molten lead going all the time. I know of one private secondary school (Groton School, Groton, MA) that had its own print shop and linotype machine. Teenagers were doing all the work. They published everyday in the basement of the schoolhouse.
Both applications were done inside of buildings.
I have used molten lead for setting hinge pintals in granite. It was not a big deal. I melted the lead in a 5 lb iron ladle inserted in the door opening of my pot-bellied stove. Just be sure that water and solvents are not near the molten metal or in the form.
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