Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Neighbour is having part of their roof re-tiled, and the roofers let me have some scrap lead for free! #littlewin! Saintly Fish and iowspence 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 your just jamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, captin slows old outlaw said: your just jamy If you don't ask you don't get Pete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Lol, you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Do you make your own leads? 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Yep. We should probably do a "how-to" on DIY lead-making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Yep. We should probably do a "how-to" on DIY lead-making. If you don’t have any, PBSBAC have a set of club moulds. Maybe a PM to Brian or Martin and you’d be able to borrow them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just now, Saintly Fish said: If you don’t have any, PBSBAC have a set of club moulds. Maybe a PM to Brian or Martin and you’d be able to borrow them ? That's a nice suggestion. I already have plenty of moulds built up over the last couple of years, so I'm all set. TBH it's having the time to make them that's the issue. I need an hour without curious kids hanging around trying to see what's going on, or trying to "help"...! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Andy135 said: That's a nice suggestion. I already have plenty of moulds built up over the last couple of years, so I'm all set. TBH it's having the time to make them that's the issue. I need an hour without curious kids hanging around trying to see what's going on, or trying to "help"...! 🤣 Well if you get up before your usual 10am awakening, you’d be able to fit more into your day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 #lazy👨🏼🦰👽 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: Well if you get up before your usual 10am awakening, you’d be able to fit more into your day. Cheeky sod! If only...! I literally can't remember the last time I was able to sleep in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Cheeky sod! If only...! I literally can't remember the last time I was able to sleep in. No me neither. Even if I get the opportunity to I can’t stay asleep past 06.15. 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I used to make dolls houses and miniatures. I also made various items out of white metal (basically a lead/tin alloy). Part of my equipment was a vulcanizing press (to make rubber and silicon moulds), and an 11" centrifugal casting machine,along with a couple of temp controlled melt pots. I have never tried to cast lead,but am sure it would be no problem. I cannot get any church roof lead round here as they have all gone over to fibreglass!!! I could make a couple of moulds (with a simple OO logo if required) and could soon spin up a few smallish weights. Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Pouring leads is quite straightforward Geoff. The trick is to pre-warm the moulds so that the molten lead flows nicely all the way to the bottom. I do a pre-pour and half fill the mould to warm it then re-melt the half-lead again. If you have a temp controlled melt pot then you're laughing. I like the idea of OO branded leads. Except I wouldn't want to lose them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Andy135 said: Pouring leads is quite straightforward Geoff. The trick is to pre-warm the moulds so that the molten lead flows nicely all the way to the bottom. I do a pre-pour and half fill the mould to warm it then re-melt the half-lead again. If you have a temp controlled melt pot then you're laughing. I like the idea of OO branded leads. Except I wouldn't want to lose them! Andy loosing branded weights would be no more difficult than loosing any others!!! I know that pouring leads would be very simple, but depending on size I would expect to cast up to about 8 weights per spin which would take about 1 minute at a guess. I could include a line hole through, or a SS loop with the ends cast in at 90 degrees or whatever. Geoff. ☺️ Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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