want to cast some lead fishing weights with wooden molds

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  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 20914
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #16
    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.

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    Thanks for listening.
    Last edited by LCHIEN; 03-16-2023, 12:12 AM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
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    • LCHIEN
      Internet Fact Checker
      • Dec 2002
      • 20914
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999

      #17
      One last thing, I found a spade shaped bit set intended for masonry I decided would make some cast bullet shaped weights (see post #9 in this thread for picture of commercial bullet weight).
      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

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      Last edited by LCHIEN; 03-23-2023, 03:00 AM.
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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