[jaywhit1970]

Hello everyone/anyone,

I am interested in making my own sinkers (2 - 10 oz)- cannonball and bank. I can find melting pots and molds. It's the material I can not find. Any suggestions of what to use and where to get it?

I would also be interested in discussing everything on this topic

 

[willie864]

I haven't bought lead in a long time, but scrap metal processors use to sell clean lead, lead that has been melted poured into large molds, called pig lead. Not so sure you can use this type of lead, you need a large pot capable of holding 50 lbs of lead or so. You can go to scrap yards and get dirty lead in smaller quantites. You have to be very careful handling the lead, a drop of water is like a bullet, and the smell and odors associated with lead is dangerous. Using the lee production pot is the easiest to use, but very time consuming, only holds 10 lbs, and is very slow melting lead. I use to melt large quantites in a cast iron pot, ladling 10 lbs into pot. Its easier to make different sizez at the same time sort of production line.

 

[MakoMike]

There are a number of guys on e-bay selling clean lead in lots of 30-80 pounds.

 

[654591]

Check with any plumbing contractor. Most of them still use lead for shower pan and usually have more scraps then they know what to do with.

 

[canyonfvr]

scrap yards or a tire place you can get the old wheel weights

 

[jpd]

canyonfvr wrote:
scrap yards or a tire place you can get the old wheel weights

LOL, I saw that taxi guy on the Gotham City fishing show tie together old spark plugs...

 

[MakoMike]

canyonfvr wrote:
scrap yards or a tire place you can get the old wheel weights

Very dirty lead, takes lots of time to skim it pure enough to cast, plus you have to get the steel clips out of it.

 

[canyonfvr]

MakoMike wrote:
canyonfvr wrote:
scrap yards or a tire place you can get the old wheel weights

Very dirty lead, takes lots of time to skim it pure enough to cast, plus you have to get the steel clips out of it.



i use to used wheel weights melt them crap floats to the top and you skim it off and i would put a wire hook thru hole in wheel weight dip it in pot and steel hook comes right out of the weight

 

[MakoMike]

canyonfvr wrote:
MakoMike wrote:
canyonfvr wrote:
scrap yards or a tire place you can get the old wheel weights

Very dirty lead, takes lots of time to skim it pure enough to cast, plus you have to get the steel clips out of it.



i use to used wheel weights melt them crap floats to the top and you skim it off and i would put a wire hook thru hole in wheel weight dip it in pot and steel hook comes right out of the weight

Yeah, but you have to skim it off and wait. Then skim it off and wait, then skim it off and wait, then slim it off again. Neat trick for getting rid of the steel is to use a magnet. When the magnet gets too hot it won't work, but you can get a lot of steel out before it gets that hot.

 

[seaworm1]

I'm a roofer by trade and save all the lead flashings i remove off of chimneys- though usually they are being replaced because some hack smeared tar all over them last time the roof was done. I planned on using it for wights but havnt gotten around to trying it yet- Try asking a few roofing contractors, I used to throw it all out untill recently