want to cast some lead fishing weights with wooden molds

[LCHIEN]

It was a challenging project. I saved buying about $65 worth of lead sinkers from the sporting goods store today. Although I spent time and research, I Can do more in the future at a reasonable speed.
Fun that I was able to design a jig of wood that both made reasonably accurate sinkers and withstood repeated exposure without much charring damage, Should last a long time.
Figuring out how to machine a molding jig in the right order and incorporate the pull wires and have everything accurately aligned was fun and informative.

I could buy some professional molds for $60 but they only do multiples of one size or one each of multiple sizes. So I'd need $120 of molds or be stuck doing one at a time. And where's the challenge?

And somewhere down the line I plan on catching some big fish with these guys.



Thanks for listening.

[LCHIEN]

One last thing, I found a spade shaped bit set intended for masonry I decided would make some cast bullet weights.
Made a new mold, using what I learned from the first and doubled the density so a 11" mold could hold 12 - six each 3/8 and six 1/2 ounce bullet weights with the through hole.
I didn't know the exact profile so I cast a sample a bit smaller than I thought and then calculated how much deeper I had to go knowing the delta weight per inch because I did know the diameter once past the curved part. I ended up averaging .37 and .47 oz for the 3/8 and 1/2 ounce target sizes so that worked OK.
Had to make another set of draw wires