Can anyone tell me if a hot plate can get hot enough to melt lead. The pot I have is about 1 to 2 gallon cast,like a small dutch oven with a lid. I want to melt a larger quanty to make ingots for my lee pot. Thanks
as a child i tried to melt lead on a electric range stove top it didn't melt. however it did on a gas stove top. the melting point for lead is 600*f or 325 c so i doubt the hot plate would work.
I used a hotplate before and a small cast iron pot.
It worked but took forever .
Then I used a Coleman stove that worked better .
Then I wised up and bought a turkey fryer like Rusty said .
Boy what a Difference it sure melts em Fast .
I've used a cast iron pot on a wood fire out in the yard and it worked pretty well for both ingots and casting bullets. Just make sure you've got a good bunch of coals going.
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