It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 09:07
AndyT wrote:.........Mitres are one option...
Mike G wrote:AndyT wrote:.........Mitres are one option...
Don't listen to him!! That way madness lies..........
AndyT wrote:Great stuff!
Nothing has gone wrong and all the possibilities are still open to you. Mitres are one option...
AJB Temple wrote:How will you get the lead out?
Mike G wrote:I've got 100+kg of lead to cast next year for ballast. Fancy bringing your teaspoon down here to help me out?
AndyT wrote:Well, this is fun!
For starters, I think you win the prize for most vividly coloured timber of the month.
And also an award for the most gratuitous and enjoyable extra steps! Did you consider just pressing those bits of lead flashing into a lump and hitting them with a hammer? You'd have achieved almost the same density, but I guess you wouldn't have had so much fun!
AndyT wrote:
(And by the way, it would have worked if you had just knocked together a wooden tray to cast your lead block - I tried this in the garage when I was about 10, with just a little spirit lamp to heat the lead in. The wood scorched a bit, but didn't actually catch fire, or burn the house down .)
AJB Temple wrote:Actually 100kg is not that much. I just put about 70kg in a sash window.
sunnybob wrote:....... go surfing for a LEE PRODUCTION POT.....
sunnybob wrote:Mike, the pot is perfect for the kind of thing Dr Al did, but no good for 200 kg in one pour.
This is more what you need I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV6DYyZCC64
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