Had another session today. Good cook up lasts about 4 years of fishing
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Had another session today. Good cook up lasts about 4 years of fishing
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Nice. my molds have paid for themselves.
Hard part is finding the grey gold.
I made some the other day, back soon with a photo.
Yeah doesnt take ling at the price the shops charge aye. Last time we used a double gas burner, this time a drum fire. More fun this time and outdoors is far better than the garage ha ha
You have to PAY tire shops for it these days. still cheaper than $2+ a large sinker at the shop.
Heres some weights i made for my longline.
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I milled slots into them to releive an area for the tie so it wont wear on the bottom.
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Jepus those are hearty! What are they half a kilo? We were making 1,2,3,4 and 4.5 oz today
I make them , when I was installing fires , I saved my lead flashings up , had over 60 kilos in a pile . Caught a ginger kid scoping it out for his ginger dad down the road . :pissed off:. Gutted, cashed it up the next day as I new the thieving ginger pricks would have stolen it .
Yea I have in the past, just bought another mold, and looking at getting one for jig heads, before the next cook up,
only do it once every few years, I have plenty of lead, but its harder to get hold of now,
Touch over 9 pound
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its not the spikeys its the threshers that do that :) but i hear that @stingray is very good at sorting out "knitted" long lines
That new BBQ set or rather the pizza oven would sort the long line issues ! :) just pick up the clips the next day, and add nylon.... :)
My mother in laws boy friend makes them all the time. He's 'Sinkermaker' on trade me
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I haven't made any for a looong time but have accumulated heaps of lead and moulds.
Made a lot of 8oz sinkers a few years ago. still some left still. got about 50kg lead had about another 20kg that "mates" scrounged off me to make sinkers then the buggers sold the sinkers so no one gets any lead from me now
I make a nice 500 grain 45 cal which covers both projectile and with one hole a sinker!
I'm using a mould that me the old man made about 30 years ago, plaster paris around wood plugs. Just stick a nail, slightly greased in he middle, and away you go.
Also have a al mould, works ok, but prefer the other.... Memories and all.. In fact hes here this weekend, maybe a sinker making mission is on.
And anyone that wants to donate some more lead, please pm :) i wont sell, but will leave a bit of it in shit under water postions.....
Had 3 x 20l containers worth nicked a few years ago by the feral crackhead at the neighbouring business. Fucked off wasn't even close. I get quite a few dud car batteries through work, any easy way of reclaiming the lead without burning skin/driveway and getting the bomb squad out?
@Tommy I would imagine that its high purity/soft. Good for making buckshot but not rifle bullets. Oh sorry that's right this is about sinkers...
Id like to cast my own Knife jigs
these things cost the earth for 400g piece of long skinny lead
mainly to get a 500g 600g 700g and 800g jigs in my tackle box for targeting puka
jeez hes a smart cookie I like the sound of that Idea
whats the cheepest way to melt lead?
cheers @Gibo
Don't use an alloy pot, cast iron or stainless is best. We lost a lot into the drum fire due to a alloy pot getting a hole from the heat. :)
Or make a crucible furnace.
Melting metal in a home foundry, backyard metalcasting, metal casting