24 Feb 2008

This is a shot of the more perminant setup. I set bricks in the lawn for the helio to set on so when I roll it out it is easliy positioned. The cinder blocks the bottle is setting on will stay in place for now. The air temperature inside the un-insulated bottle hit a high of 265ºF.

This is a shot looking into the bottle at the squirrel cage with the lead to be melted. You can't tell, but lead was melting and dripping out when I took this photo.

This is how the recovered lead looks. It drips into the collection pot and solidifies immediately.
This is about 5 pounds recovered without rotating the cage.
Parts are on the way to rotate the cage and I expect great results.