When Surly came down the other day he mentioned he wanted to pour some lead for a job and found the ladle, the army man molds and the little electric heater, but not the big lead pot I made years ago. I took a look around later and I couldn't find it, either. I think I might have loaned it to the high school instructor, but rather than checking with him, I decided to make another one. Not much to it - a piece of pipe, plate on the bottom, a little tab to grip with a pair of vise grips, and a pour spout made from a short piece of angle. In this case, the pipe had a cut-out where the spout was going, so I had to make filler pieces. I've still got to make feet and a bail, and clean up the welds on the inside of the spout - maybe today.
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