okay folks, this is going to be a long a photo-heavy thread, as some of you know I have been stockpiling lead, but never casted outside of a couple spoonfuls outta the pot whn melting wheelweights, so I got a lee tumble lube wadcutter mold and mike from texas was kind enough to send me a fantastic old school lee 358 mold. so I ordered my lee 20# dripper from graf's and it showed yesterday. got outta work about four, jump outta the car, ran and set-up my pouring area, the omly knowledge of casting was tidbits here and there from this forum btw
purty, huh? so I acquired some tin solder form harbor freight and found a pewter ashtray at the thrift store, I decided to make my alloy first in a separate pot rather than try to do it in the lee pot, no reason, just felt more comfy that way, so I did 7pds of WW, 3pds of pure and the stick of 96% tin solder, which I figured would be about 2%
let that get hot and fluxed, then pre-heated the lee for a few minutes before adding the liquid lead to the bottom pour
so, now I am ready to roll
purty, huh? so I acquired some tin solder form harbor freight and found a pewter ashtray at the thrift store, I decided to make my alloy first in a separate pot rather than try to do it in the lee pot, no reason, just felt more comfy that way, so I did 7pds of WW, 3pds of pure and the stick of 96% tin solder, which I figured would be about 2%
let that get hot and fluxed, then pre-heated the lee for a few minutes before adding the liquid lead to the bottom pour
so, now I am ready to roll