Pouring a Lead Keel Bulb

This is a video of pouring a 600 pound one half of a keel bulb for my sailboat.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Lead
• pouring
• melting
• foundry
• keel
• sailing
• boatbuilding

[Quilbily]

Not that long, about an hour probably. The fire underneath did a lot. I tried to do one pour with just a propane weed burner, It worked but I went through a lot of propane. If you are doing yours all in one pour make sure your melting pot is well supported. I friend of mine did a big pour from a cast iron bathtub and it wasn't evenly supported and it cracked. There were pools of lead all over his driveway.

[Quilbily]

Actually it is 1200 pounds and I got it originally from tire weights. This is my second keel for this boat and I melted the old one to get this lead.

[cyromartinsbicudo]

what kind of safety do you use to avoid breathing those gases when working with lead?

[bapabob]

I have an old monitor and I am trying to find lead for casting bullets. Where inside the monitor would I find the lead? How much would be in one?

[s268sailor]

Cool!! How long did it take for it all to melt?  I'll be doing this to 1600# of lead soon.

[sykop8ntballer]

I never get over how cool the idea of steel floating is.

[FORCETHETRUTH]

where in the world did you get 600 lbs of lead??

[rca50a]

thats one cool setup dude.