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clarky
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 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: lead melting |
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| anyone know where can i buy melting pot and laddle for the lead :!: |
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clarky
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cheers dunc
i thought a paint tin would melt as the material used has lower melting point |
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tensenervoushaddock
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| off to the car boot sale or charity shop and get an old thick aluminium non-teflon coated milk saucepan with pouring lip. Metal handle would be good...... along with a thick leather welders glove. |
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clarky
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| cheers for the info will give those a blast (just got to get myself some lead now) :lol: |
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cookiefromsoutheast
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| can u buy lead from builders murchants? |
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mogthemackem
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| You can. It's about £1 per kilo. Not very cheap really as you can buy 60oz weights for 60p each ready made. |
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medlar
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| You can. It's about £1 per kilo. Not very cheap really as you can buy 60oz weights for 60p each ready made. |
ha ha ha,bet ya meant 6oz sinkers Darren mate,sorry could`nt resist it mate |
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Eclectic
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Ive been contemplating buying a gemini mould. But thats the problem, lead.
Is it really worth it to buy the lead and make your own? Also, is there any fumes given off that you have to worry about when melting the lead?? |
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Eclectic
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hmm...I work with lead at work. Some jobs require lead letters, which has me sitting all day banging lead into the stone all day.
Never heard that it will get into your blood stream. Kind of like Mercury, just less poisonous I guess.
Will have to look into that, how do you go about getting checked? |
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petersclan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| HIYA, i pinched me mums saucepan and melted my lead in the kitchen makin the wife very happy, very easy and quick to do plus now got enough to last years |
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essexkenny
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| Eclectic wrote: |
hmm...I work with lead at work. Some jobs require lead letters, which has me sitting all day banging lead into the stone all day.
Never heard that it will get into your blood stream. Kind of like Mercury, just less poisonous I guess.
Will have to look into that, how do you go about getting checked? |
If you work with lead, have you heard of "Metal Fume Fever" Or heard it mentioned at work? I know You can get it from Inhaling fumes from Zinc and magnesium, but im almost certain you can get it from lead and too.....
Its not all that nice, it makes you feel like youve got a real bad case of the flu to start with, but can lead to some nasty after effects. So if and whenever i mould any leads, both the garage doors stay open throughout.
Aswell as that you could always get a case of lead poisoning  |
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rabbi2
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Location: Blackburn. Lancashire
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| The ideal pan for melting lead is the old heavy iron pan as this retains the heat. An aluminium pan can be quite dangerous. Although aluminium heats up quickly it also loses the heat just as quick and the handles tend to be flimsy with the amount of weight in it. Cheers keith |
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Paddy_HCFC
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Free lead is readily available on the roof of most churches and some schools.
Happy to help. |
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rabbi2
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| Although I have posted this before somewhere down the line, Lead can be obtained from your local gun club air rifle pellets ect, if you offer to sweep up for them you will more than likely get it for nowt, or on the other hand visit your local tyre and wheel balancing fitters and same again the balance weights will be vey cheep. Cheers keith |
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