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I'd head to the gardening/landscaping section.

A bit of google-foo seems to indicate a lot of placemakers stores sell silica sand.

I've been looking at that sight for a few years. Can get hold of refractory that is good for cast iron casting.

Very tempted to knock up a waste oil burner since I generate so much of it with...

Yes please. I have the cylinders cut ready to go.

Will try the candle thing next time.

A crucible furnace is on my to do list. Planning on using a couple of old LPG cylinders. I need to find some refractory.

I'm picking that was a good 'wake up call' that set you back on the straight and narrow.

That reminds me that I have a dose of those in the garage too. As the nails rust away I replace them with scews and collect the lead. There will be some flashings when I bust up the knackered wood...

Blunt quite easily too.

Last time I made sinkers would have been at least 35 years ago with the old man. Only a handful of those left. They were made from salvaged lead pipes and flashings, handy...

15kg of sinkers, 2.5kg left in the bottom of the pot to start the next melt and about 5kg of rubbish. Cleaned up all the holes, inside and out, so they are easier on the line.

When we moved in here nearly 23 years ago there was a prize winning garden that was a tad overgrown. Underneath some of the creepers on the side of the garage was an old coal bin, and inside that was...