Casting moulds for "pigs"

[toolsntat]

A came is called a pig in cast form.
As alluded to in my other thread about making lead cames I could do with other moulds for doing different sizes.

Manufacture and use of Lead Cames in Stained Glass Windows

A subject close at heart to myself presently and would be interested in any others who do it or have information please. https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/leadstainedglass/lead_stained_glass.htm I currently have 3 lead mills or "glaziers vices" and, depending upon how you look at it...

www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk

Quite a mystery object out of context but once seen never forgotten.
Although often having multiple casting channels the one I obtained recently is a singular affair.
Here is a link to Salisbury Cathedral using a multiple.
Cheers Andy

 

[Malc2098]

Did anyone watch the lead sheets being cast for the Notre Dame roof on the recent TV programme? Apart from all the woodwork, watching the lead sheets being cast - in the UK! - was interesting, too.

 

[AndyT]

Did anyone watch the lead sheets being cast for the Notre Dame roof on the recent TV programme? Apart from all the woodwork, watching the lead sheets being cast - in the UK! - was interesting, too.

I did. Apart from the usual issue with such programmes - 20 seconds of the presenter's face, two seconds (out of focus) on the interesting objects, then back to the presenter - it was good to see that the required skills and materials can still be brought together where a nation wants it to happen.

(And to be fair, the sequence at the Leicester company casting the lead sheet was a bit clearer than many.)

 

[toolsntat]

I haven't seen the recently mentioned programme but this is another, now sadly defunct, Leicester company doing a cast.
Sad, as this company was one of the world's premier lead installers
Cheers, Andy