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Melting Ladle for Babbitt and Lead from an Old Bicycle Bell (Boy Mechanic, 1913)
A small ladle for melting babbitt or lead: the steel cup of a large old bicycle bell with a strap-iron handle riveted on, and a pouring lip hammered out of its warmed rim.
Beginner
An hour
Instructions
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1
Read the Boy Mechanic
Read the Boy Mechanic
"This makes a good ladle for melting small amounts of babbit or lead."
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2
Rivet on the handle
Rivet on the handle
Take the dome of a large old bicycle bell. Drill it and rivet a heavy wire or a strip of strap iron to one side as a handle.
Materials for this step:
Bicycle Bell1 piece
Mild Steel Flat Bar1 piece
Steel Rivets1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Drill
Hammer
Hacksaw3
3
Hammer a lip
Hammer a lip
Warm the bell a little and hammer out the edge on the side opposite the handle into a pouring lip.
Tools needed:
Propane TorchHammer
Anvil4
4
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Bell ladle troubleshooting.
Flow
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5
History and honest limits
History and honest limits
From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 1** (Popular Mechanics, 1913), pp. 173-174, by L. M. Olson (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanic0000unse_n5a8). Safety notes are ours.
Materials
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