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Location: Elgin, Illinois | If you have access to lead, a melting "pot/ladle" and burner you can cast your own.
I use 1/2 " copper tubing (14" is about 1 1/2 lbs, 12" is about 1 1/4 lbs) capped at one end with a common soldered on cap. At the other end drill holes through the tubing to accomodate a large cotter pin that gets mounted with the pin bent through the two holes so that the round end of the pin sticks up out of the center of the copper tube ( sounds more complicated than it is). I have a stand with six holes drilled into a vertically mounted 2X4 attached to a 2X6 about 18" in length. My "holder has another scrap piece of 2X4 under the 2X6 at one end so that the tubes are held at an angle to ease pouring the lead down into the tubing (no air bubbles form if the lead is poured at an angle). Heat the empty tubes with a propane torch, then pour quickly till full. WEAR HEAVY WELDERS GLOVES AND SAFETY GLASSES. |
handline weight