"Everyone, except for you and a couple other guys, seems to think I am insane"

Don`t count me out

Wow!! 

I remember making sinkers with my dad, not exactly on the stovetop, but it was like this small crock-pot looking oven that would hold about a cup of molten lead, it was electric if I remember correctly, sometimes it was scary as moisture or trapped air bubbles would occasionally blow, sending bits of molten lead through the air

On 4/2/2016 at 10:31 AM, ogarza said:

I remember making sinkers with my dad, not exactly on the stovetop, but it was like this small crock-pot looking oven that would hold about a cup of molten lead, it was electric if I remember correctly, sometimes it was scary as moisture or trapped air bubbles would occasionally blow, sending bits of molten lead through the air

That brings up a good point that should be in every lead melting thread. 

NEVER EVER put ingots made by others, old weights, old jigs, bullets, or tire weights in a pot of melted lead. Always fill your COLD pot with these items, place your pot in an open area and let it melt with nobody near it. I've been guilty of not following my own advice, dropped an egg sinker in my pot and it had water trapped in the sinker somewhere (sat in my lead pile for months), out came a splatter of lead at mach2 and covered my workbench. Luckily I had glasses on.