On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:33:18 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 22:59:41 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

JoshAGS on Fri, 03
Jul 2015 03:18:01 +0000 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the
following:
I was wondering if it's okay to melt a small amount of lead on my stove.
It's possible but I heard it creates toxic fumes. I only want to melt
about 1 once worth of fishing sinkers into 1 solid piece. Is this fine or
should I still do it outside?

Depends on who you talk to. Having melted enough lead to fill a
pop can on a gas stove - I'd say an ounce is likely to be no problem.
Just don't use the good cookware, and wash your hands afterwards.
OTOH, there are those who will react as if you were handling
molten plutonium, and insist you follow all the EPA/OSHA/Sierra Club
regulations as would applied to M. A. Metal Corporation, or Government
Motors.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

Many years ago we melted lead ingots outside using a propane burner.
Probably get jailed for 20 years now for some environmental crime.

We were pouring parts of massive lead shields for gamma ray sensors.
When I was about 8 years old one our neighbors was doing some gold
panning. I watched him heating what looked like black sand in a
stainless pan over a coleman stove out in the driveway. I couldn't
figure out how he could melt gold from sand. Even though I was so
young I knew metals needed to get red hot to melt and he wasn't
getting the pan red hot. I asked my dad about it and he had no idea of
what our neighbor was doing. Years later I realized he was probably
cooking off the mercury he used to get the gold dust from the sand.
Eric