Lead scrap metal

 Chasing some lead to make a bunch of sinkers with, wondering if anyone else bene buying any from somewhere north of the river?

 

Looking for about 100-150 KG, if im going to make them will make enough for years!

 

Cheers

Bodie


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Try

Mon, 2016-11-21 11:49

Try these guys for scrap grade ingots http://www.ingotmetals.com.au/index.html
Or some of the scrap yards offer lead in large amounts

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Or try getting your hands on

Mon, 2016-11-21 13:17

Or try getting your hands on some old lead/acid car batteries. Decent amount of lead to be had once you cut them open. Empty them out & flush them with fresh water before you cut into them. Wear gloves through the whole process just to offer a bit extra protection.

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A mate and I bought a pile

Mon, 2016-11-21 14:14

A mate and I bought a pile off Gumtree, bloke had 500kg of old bullets from one of the rifle ranges.
Took a fair bit of work to melt it all down, shitty job, ended up with about 200- 250kg after that, will keep us out of trouble for years.

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Eye protection

Mon, 2016-11-21 18:47

Don't forget the safety glasses whilst breaking down the batteries.

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And a good extraction fan

Mon, 2016-11-21 22:59

for all the crap emitted whilst melting and making

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You will be a slow talker

Mon, 2016-11-21 23:08

You will be a slow talker after melting that lot down. I did a batch about 5 years ago......never again.

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Yes JohnF, know what you

Tue, 2016-11-22 20:16

Yes JohnF, know what you mean.
Was raining the first day so we did the first batch in the shed, had flames 3 feet high out of the pot and the fumes were terrible, headaches, seeing 3 people for a few days and we were wearing respirators.
The other batches were done outside and we stood upwind was still a terrible job.
Have enough clean stuff to use as we need it but we wont be doing again ever either!

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Not good, im pretty sure the

Tue, 2016-11-22 20:28

Not good, im pretty sure the lead stays in your system for life!

shithouse job, I got 10 or so batteries if you need em Bodie.

I remember making sinkers in the back of the hilux at north mole while waiting for a snapper! had a cracker headache next day. Biting splitshots, man im stuffed.

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 I have all the gear and do

Tue, 2016-11-22 20:29

 I have all the gear and do it in an open air location, full respirators, Face, hand and arm protection.

i do it all over 3 ring burners melting lead in an old saucepan with a pourer on it, get through it pretty quick with 3 or 4 moulds going at the same time

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The snapper sinkers

Tue, 2016-11-22 21:06

Get thru the lead. We only did 25kg a couple of months ago. Takes a fair while for two people to get thru it.