In reply to Post #15
I know fella and that did hit it home to say the least, thats the only time the pan has ever moved and i even done the usual of checking it before lighting etc and all was sturdy but obviously not good enough!

In reply to Post #16
why did it blow every hwere was it hot meets cold?

bloody fumes are dangerous enough. you should be in a well ventialted area young man,.

In reply to Post #17
It is well ventilated its got a bloody 5x3ft door wide open don't get much more ventilated than that
It didn't blow everywhere fella, i pulled the pot over by accident

In reply to Post #18
pleased your ok Gav m8

In reply to Post #19
Thanks Tel it was a little hairy as the pan went over shall we say

In reply to Post #18
Glad to see you are ok Gav , sod the tackle thats replaceable mate

In reply to Post #21
Thanks Paul appreciated fella

In reply to Post #22
lucky escape there gav ive made leads a few times now and i must admit it doubt ill be doing them again , anyway glad your ok bet you had to change your pants after it happened

i had 16 stone of lead and i made weights with all of it. had a few issues. just about to take saucepan off the oven and handle fell off . then another time the pan started to melt. one night while living at home i put the pan down in the middle of the kitchen carpet right in the middle of a pattern part. so i cut the shape out and replaced it with a bit from under the tumble dryer. only problem was it was still new looking so i covered it in mud and matched it up. then nailed it down. i got away with it for a couple of years. until it started to turn up at the edges.

In reply to Post #24
like it

mate i feel for ya ... and you were lucky ... i had a preasure cooker go pop in my face a year or so again ... i was lucky and only had 2nd degree burns ...but iam still good looking


smokey

In reply to Post #1
Sooo glad your ok Gav FFS be careful matey

40 years ago I was blinded for 6 weeks luckily my eyes healed and my sight came back
that was molten lead poured in to a wet house brick it exploded out straight into both my eyes
worst 6 weeks of my life big respect to South Middlesex Hospital. Mogden Lane, Isleworth, though

In reply to Post #24
classic

In reply to Post #28
Glad to hear you were ok fella .

I worked for NI electricity for 10yrs as a cable jointer and saw some absolutely horrific accidents with pots of solder .like the guy who ,in a rush to finnish up , caught the solder pot with the hose of the gas torch and pulled it off the footpath reslulting from in the pot spilling down one of the legs of his welly , never heard a human being scream like that before or since , thank god .
His injuries were horrific and resulted in him being permanently retired aswell as disabled .

Never never melt lead in anything other than a proper cast iron solder pot and always use proper ppe .ie goggles and heavy leather gloves .

In reply to Post #29
Lucky enough I have all the right ppe but it was just carelessness that caused it, totally my fault and a mistake I will not be making again!
Only posted this to make others aware of just how easy accidents happen with something so dangerous

Thanks for all the replies and messages though fella's it's appreciated.