VINTAGE CRAFTSMAN LEAD SMELTER

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VINTAGELEAD/GOLD SMELTING FURNACE/STOVE. FROM THE LOOKS OF THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL TANKCAP, IT APPEARS THAT THIS SMELTER, EITHER NEVER CONTAINED FUEL, OR IF IT DIDWAS DRAINED AND CLEANED AFTER USE, AS THE BRASS PARTS ARE UNTARNISHED. ALSO,THE FUEL ADJUSTMENT HANDLE APPEARS TO BE NEW, WHICH LENDS TO THE POSSIBILITYTHAT THIS SMELTER MAY HAVE SAT ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE FOR YEARS BUT NEVERUSED.
ALTHOUGH THIS UNIT HAS ACRASFTSMAN DECAL ON THE FUEL TANK, IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE CLAYTON ANDLAMBERT COMPANY SMELTER IN USE BY THE OLD TIME PLUMBERS BACK IN THE DAY. ITWOULD APPEAR THAT IT WAS MANUFACTURED WITHOUT THE CLAYTON AND LAMBERTIDENTIFICATION FOR SEARS AND ROEBUCK, SO AS TO BE SOLD AT THE SEARS OUTLETS ANDSEARS CATALOG. I CAN REMEMBER BACK IN THE MID 1950’S WATCHING PLUMBERS USE THISTYPE OF LEAD SMELTER TO MELT THE LEAD NEEDED TO SEAL THE JOINTS OF THE CASTIRON DRAIN PIPES IN USE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. BY THE 1960’S THE USE OF LEADFOR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES, SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE CONTAINERS, WAS BANNED. IT MAY COMEAS A SURPRISE FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN DURING THE 1960’S AND LATER,BUT TOOTHPASTE TUBES AND MEN’S HAIR DRESSING, SUCH AS BRYLCREAM, ALL CAMEPACKAGED FOR USE IN LEAD DISPENSING TUBES, WHICH WE DISCARDED IN THE TRASH WHENEMPTY. I AM 73 YEARS OF AGE AND HEALTHY, SO I GUESS THE ILL EFFECTS OF THOSELEAD TOOTHPASTE TUBES HAVE NOT HIT ME YET.
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