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(09-28-2020, 10:19 PM)Hawkeye Wrote: And take Stan's advice seriously. Plan for the what if's. Leather boots, heavy gloves, no synthetics, face and eye protection.

(09-28-2020, 05:40 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: Be careful, very careful.  A good pouring temp is around 1250 degrees F.  Plenty hot enough to burn the crap out of you.

I went out to the storage shed at my previous house one day to do some lead smelting. After I was half-way through getting everything set up I realized I was still wearing a pair of athletic shoes. I didn't want to shut everything down to go back to the house and I told myself - "Well, I'll just be really careful. "The ONE time I had a mishap - was the ONE time I got lazy and didn't change into a pair of leather boots.

The top of my right foot got doused with a stream of molten lead at a mere 800° F and I couldn't get that shoe off fast enough. Had it been molten aluminum I would be missing a lot of toes right now. Hard way to learn, but brother I did LEARN. Like Mike said... "Plan for the what if's?" Before you make a move, ask yourself a question. "If I do this - and something unexpected goes wrong - how bad am I going to get hurt?"