Where do you guy’s get your lead from??
I 've read, and it seems that tire weights are not the best. I called the local scrap yard,a nd they don’t have any.
Any sugguestions on where to look for a cheap source of lead.
**Hint: Don’t buy it online and pay shipping.
Like many other scrap metals, lead is getting more expensive and harder to find. Used to be all over the place at any metal recycler. Call some plumbing supply places. Also, call outside your immediate area. Sometimes it is available north or south of Salt Lake better than in the big city.
Also, do some networking. A lot of folks have chunks of lead laying around in the garage or storage areas…from dad’s or grampas who used to use it for whatever.
Pure lead is better for molding jigs. Some lead blends…like tire weights…have hardening metals mixed in which raise the melting point and make it tough to get good casts on small detailed jig heads. And some lead has a lot of impurities which will foul up your lead melter too.
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I love in Heber so not much here. I’ll check the Plumbing supply places in town.
Sportsmans, in Riverdale has “Bullet Weights” brand lead in 1/4 inch, solid core coils, for around 5 bucks.
If you are not into production pouring, they will make a lot of wobble jigs.
Make sure you ask an informed salesman in the fishing department and get the solid core and not the hollow core.
**Buy whatever you can find at a good price to get started. But put the word out to everybody you know that you are looking for some pure lead…scrap, ingots or whatever. It is amazing how much is out there that nobody really thinks about.
Might even consider posting on the 4-sale board here on the forum. Lots of guys have lead for making decoy weights, downrigger balls, etc. and may have extra that they might be willing to trade for something you have…or some jigs. That’s how I have put together a pretty good stash of my own.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I still need to get a melting pot also. Kind of putting the cart before the horse.
**PM me. I have a gently used Lee Production Pot that would be good for starters.
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PM sent.
Thanks
**PM received. You’re welcome.
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I have a ton of lead a melting pot and a few molds. I am located in Kamas if you are interested.
I have a ton of lead a melting pot and a few molds. I am located in Kamas if you are interested.
**I think you probably should have responded to Jackalope. To do that you need to go to his post and click on the Reply…not just on the last poster.
Thanks for your input. Since Jackalope lives in the Heber City area it would probably be closer for him to visit you than coming down to Salt Lake. But it is up to him. Both would be even better.
Welcome to BFT
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I’m still planning on meeting up with you when my mold gets here.
Maybe I took HuntinFoolUtah’s post wrong. I thought he was selling his stuff.
Either way I sent him a PM about what he has.
Nice PDF TD. You amaze me. I thought I was crafty, never-mind. Bravo.
TD this isn’t aimed at you but is just a reminders to all…
Please do your lead melting in a very well ventilated area OUTSIDE your home. Don’t use your basement. You do NOT want to be sniffing the fumes from melting lead, and you don’t want it settling out in your house.
Please use a welding filter such as 3m 9925. They aren’t expensive. Any welding supply should have them.
Some of the hazards of metal fumes are outlined here:
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?SSSSSu7zK1fslxtUn8_vMx_Uev7qe17zHvTSevTSeSSSSSS--
I know that you are all big and tough, and it hasn’t killed you so far… BUT… It is so simple and easy to protect, and so impossible to correct.
By that I mean that the damage is permanent and you won’t know until it is done beyond fixing.
Trust me, I have lung damage, you do not want it or anything else like it.
Be safe boys!
**Okay, Mother.
Seriously, that is good advice. Lots of famous folks in the past met their demise as a result of not knowing the hazards of some commonly used metals and chemicals. Better safe than sorry. The effects of lead, mercury and other nasties are permanent and cumulative. We don’t flush it out and it tends to get worse over time.
Guess that explains my third eye, extra appendages and my insomnia due to glowing in the dark.
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I know it is a girl thing…
Hubby is a welder… metal fumes are not good stuff.
We both probably chewed too much lead paint off of our cribs and toys!!! Either that or it was from drinking out of the garden hose… just sayin’ 
And just think how cool you guys will look in one!
MOM