That was pretty good tip for welding on the hinges before you cut the rest of the lid off the tank. Going to stay up late and watch the next couple of episodes!!! Great video and thanks for sharing!
Building a wooden boat is a dream that seems almost achievable because you wonderful youtubers make it look easy but then the ballast part comes and i go "yeah nope i'm going to stick to model air planes" lol
Nice little smelter and fire pit. If not for the lead the tank could be used for a BBQ after the pour-lol. Thank you for the video Bob. Very enjoyable.
An old hot water tank works too, if you line the mold with drywall you can get a nice smooth finish. If you need to cut down a big piece of lead to manageable sizes use a chainsaw. To trim in the lead, a power plane works pretty good.
Another great build.........even for a mold! That is art! This is the most anticipated "cliff-hanger" since Barnabas Collins was a vampire running around on Dark Shadows when we were kids! DD
Actually, you have created a bottom flow melting pot, not a smelter. The smelter is the cast iron pan you were using to melt the range scrap and skim off the copper jackets and other stuff that you get with the range scrap. The smelter takes your raw "ore" and gives you a usable alloy out of it. The melting pot takes ingots of that alloy and converts it to a liquid state so that you can cast your desired object. If you care about the quality of the alloy you are getting, you should flux your ore when smelting it. Check with some of the bullet casting sites for suggestions on this.
Very interesting and informative, and I'm looking forward to seeing the pour. It is easy to understand why lead is used for this procedure, melts at low temperatures and is very dense, but I'm surprised there isn't an environmental regulation prohibiting the use of lead in waters containing wildlife.
Typically the lead in most boats will be encapsulated in some form of bio-hazard safe bottom-paint to seal it from the elements (in this case, the fish and aquatic wildlife). I sure hope he paints it, but the aquatic life would have to chew on the keel to ingest any lead. The soft, but dense metal doesn't really corrode in water, salt or fresh, so it won't be sluffing off into the water. To release any lead into the water the boat would have to run aground or strike some abrasive item under water.
Metallic lead is only very slightly soluble in either fresh or salt water. It presents a minimal bio hazard, even without a paint coating. Much less so than the anti fouling paints and the copper salts used on wooden boats for their preservation from shipworms, which are actively and intentionally biotoxic.
Pretty slick using the portable air tank for your smelter. Will you have people with blow torches to heat the flow pipe to keep the lead flowing smoothly? Looking forward to watching the pour.
Working my way through this series, I was wondering how long it would be before I heard a reference to Arabella.. aaaaand, we have a winner in episode 14! Fun fact: the Arabella lead keel pour episode was where I discovered A2A.. almost 3 years ago now..
Are you going to clean the lead up in the pot with some Sulphur to get your weights right, yr making such a nice job it'd be a shame to come up light with zinc and junk in it. I'd flux it and acetylene smut the mold too, every little trick to try and get a perfect job.
The smelter has the capacity for your 7 gallons of lead but are those legs sufficient for the weight? I’m wondering if they could fail as lead is added and as that heat up.
I expect the legs will be strong enough, even heated in the fire … until the smelter is tipped to pour. the lead, if my a$$unption on the design is correct. I'm of like mind, my comfort level would've required both perimeter- and cross-bracing. Let's hope all the lead goes where it's supposed to without detours.
Genius build, but a little tough to watch at 4:18 ............I know it's not your first time with tools, but it might be a better idea not to have the cutting wheel under your wrist. Turn it around. Best wishes! DD
Please test the smelter for those legs holding almost 600 pounds of hot lead over a fire that will weaken the legs due to the heat, even if only slightly. Other than that, looks great so far. I would definitely consider some cross-bracing on those legs at a minimum. Please be safe and take all due precautions to protect yourself and the environment. See you next time.
@@fredericl6190 The lead heats the pipe hotter than any torch, the problem is the pipe cooling off to below the melting point of lead along it whole length. Best to keep the pipe as short as possible.
You are a legend. Zero cutting corners in anything you do, keep it up!!
That was pretty good tip for welding on the hinges before you cut the rest of the lid off the tank. Going to stay up late and watch the next couple of episodes!!! Great video and thanks for sharing!
Building a wooden boat is a dream that seems almost achievable because you wonderful youtubers make it look easy but then the ballast part comes and i go "yeah nope i'm going to stick to model air planes" lol
Nice little smelter and fire pit. If not for the lead the tank could be used for a BBQ after the pour-lol. Thank you for the video Bob. Very enjoyable.
Going through all of these still, great job here
Thanks Bob. Looking forward to the pour.
Lead always seems to be hard to get in large quantities. Nice melt tank setup. It should go well for you.
You could probably find a couple of guys from the property next door to help you dig the whole for the mold.🤣
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic sir, thank you 😊 Can’t wait for the pour...👍🏻
An old hot water tank works too, if you line the mold with drywall you can get a nice smooth finish. If you need to cut down a big piece of lead to manageable sizes use a chainsaw. To trim in the lead, a power plane works pretty good.
Another great build.........even for a mold! That is art! This is the most anticipated "cliff-hanger" since Barnabas Collins was a vampire running around on Dark Shadows when we were kids! DD
Actually, you have created a bottom flow melting pot, not a smelter. The smelter is the cast iron pan you were using to melt the range scrap and skim off the copper jackets and other stuff that you get with the range scrap. The smelter takes your raw "ore" and gives you a usable alloy out of it. The melting pot takes ingots of that alloy and converts it to a liquid state so that you can cast your desired object. If you care about the quality of the alloy you are getting, you should flux your ore when smelting it. Check with some of the bullet casting sites for suggestions on this.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Doesn't look like there will be any complaints from the neighbours.
Very interesting and informative, and I'm looking forward to seeing the pour.
It is easy to understand why lead is used for this procedure, melts at low temperatures and is very dense, but I'm surprised there isn't an environmental regulation prohibiting the use of lead in waters containing wildlife.
Typically the lead in most boats will be encapsulated in some form of bio-hazard safe bottom-paint to seal it from the elements (in this case, the fish and aquatic wildlife). I sure hope he paints it, but the aquatic life would have to chew on the keel to ingest any lead. The soft, but dense metal doesn't really corrode in water, salt or fresh, so it won't be sluffing off into the water. To release any lead into the water the boat would have to run aground or strike some abrasive item under water.
Metallic lead is only very slightly soluble in either fresh or salt water. It presents a minimal bio hazard, even without a paint coating. Much less so than the anti fouling paints and the copper salts used on wooden boats for their preservation from shipworms, which are actively and intentionally biotoxic.
@@thomasarussellsr +1 for using the word 'sloughing'
Pretty slick using the portable air tank for your smelter. Will you have people with blow torches to heat the flow pipe to keep the lead flowing smoothly? Looking forward to watching the pour.
Working my way through this series, I was wondering how long it would be before I heard a reference to Arabella..
aaaaand, we have a winner in episode 14!
Fun fact: the Arabella lead keel pour episode was where I discovered A2A.. almost 3 years ago now..
Are you going to clean the lead up in the pot with some Sulphur to get your weights right, yr making such a nice job it'd be a shame to come up light with zinc and junk in it. I'd flux it and acetylene smut the mold too, every little trick to try and get a perfect job.
The smelter has the capacity for your 7 gallons of lead but are those legs sufficient for the weight? I’m wondering if they could fail as lead is added and as that heat up.
Jeff Falk, my thoughts exactly. Some cross braces and/or beefing up is required to hold up ~600 lbs of lead !!
I expect the legs will be strong enough, even heated in the fire … until the smelter is tipped to pour. the lead, if my a$$unption on the design is correct.
I'm of like mind, my comfort level would've required both perimeter- and cross-bracing. Let's hope all the lead goes where it's supposed to without detours.
Genius build, but a little tough to watch at 4:18 ............I know it's not your first time with tools, but it might be a better idea not to have the cutting wheel under your wrist. Turn it around. Best wishes! DD
cool spot, just south of the dead centre of town. People die to get into that neighbourhood.
I saw that too, hard to upset neighbours like that.
a bit a cliff-hanger ;)
Please test the smelter for those legs holding almost 600 pounds of hot lead over a fire that will weaken the legs due to the heat, even if only slightly.
Other than that, looks great so far. I would definitely consider some cross-bracing on those legs at a minimum. Please be safe and take all due precautions to protect yourself and the environment. See you next time.
The lead may cool off in the pipe and stop flowing.
oceannavagator people usually use a torch to heat the pipe before.
@@fredericl6190 The lead heats the pipe hotter than any torch, the problem is the pipe cooling off to below the melting point of lead along it whole length. Best to keep the pipe as short as possible.
Capt. Sarigar lives in a graveyard! LOL.
@@fernandofert9960 they are the best kind of neighbor. Never a noise problem, always parked in the right spots.