JWFilips
Well-Known Member
Starting to do some smelting now that it is getting cooler.....
Since I sort my range scrap ( I know I'm crazy) I smelt all the jacketed stuff first Then I move on to the Commercial Hard cast stuff ( on our range there are a lot of commercial cast pistol shooters)
This gives me two type of ingots Jacketed alloy Ingots which are softer then the Hard cast Ingots. This way once I have super clean smelted ingots I can blend them as I need in the casting pot.
This past year of collecting the range scrap, I seen more and more of the Commercial Cast bullets that are PC coated. My Commercial Cast scrap buckets are approximately 75% PC coated bullets! Never smelted that much PC before!
I know the fumes are dangerous.....Any pointers on how long the fumes last? Does it burn off before "liquidous" or Does it burn off after the alloy reaches melting point? Really hoping it is gone before working my sawdust into the alloy
Thanks
Since I sort my range scrap ( I know I'm crazy) I smelt all the jacketed stuff first Then I move on to the Commercial Hard cast stuff ( on our range there are a lot of commercial cast pistol shooters)
This gives me two type of ingots Jacketed alloy Ingots which are softer then the Hard cast Ingots. This way once I have super clean smelted ingots I can blend them as I need in the casting pot.
This past year of collecting the range scrap, I seen more and more of the Commercial Cast bullets that are PC coated. My Commercial Cast scrap buckets are approximately 75% PC coated bullets! Never smelted that much PC before!
I know the fumes are dangerous.....Any pointers on how long the fumes last? Does it burn off before "liquidous" or Does it burn off after the alloy reaches melting point? Really hoping it is gone before working my sawdust into the alloy
Thanks