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Casting Lead Weights - Can I use a beer can for a mold?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:22 pm
So I have about 60lbs of scrap lead that I'm melting down and casting ~5ish lb fishing weights with.
My fist set was made using 6oz tomato paste cans from Walmart, but it would be nice to make the weights a little less chode-ish.
I was thinking that a Michelob ultra can would be the perfect shape, but I have some concerns pouring 400deg lead into a thin aluminum beer can. I know aluminum doesn't melt til its around 1200degF, but I still am a little sketched out due to how thin the can walls are. Will I have any issues?
My fist set was made using 6oz tomato paste cans from Walmart, but it would be nice to make the weights a little less chode-ish.
I was thinking that a Michelob ultra can would be the perfect shape, but I have some concerns pouring 400deg lead into a thin aluminum beer can. I know aluminum doesn't melt til its around 1200degF, but I still am a little sketched out due to how thin the can walls are. Will I have any issues?
This post was edited on 6/30/16 at 2:25 pm
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Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:26 pm to CP3
I gotta ask what kind of fishing you're using 5 pound weights for
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:27 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Deep dropping
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:27 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
Deep dropping ~600ft offshore
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:33 pm to CP3
What about a 10oz beer or smaller?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:35 pm to CP3
Fill in a long, narrow lead pipe so it will fit in your rod holders.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:37 pm to CP3
Find something that fits in the rod holder.
Yes a beer can will hold the hold lead.
Yes a beer can will hold the hold lead.
This post was edited on 6/30/16 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:38 pm to PapaPogey
im worried about beer cans in general. The cans i use now are pretty thick, Beer cans are wayyy more thin.
I know a melting point is a melting point, but I just picture the side of a can blowing out and liquefied lead poring everywhere
6-8oz volume of lead is the sweet spot weight wise though. 6oz can gets you ~4.5lbs and 8oz is like 6lbs
I know a melting point is a melting point, but I just picture the side of a can blowing out and liquefied lead poring everywhere
6-8oz volume of lead is the sweet spot weight wise though. 6oz can gets you ~4.5lbs and 8oz is like 6lbs
This post was edited on 6/30/16 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:39 pm to CP3
I'm a bay, flats, and river guy,so I have to ask what species do you catch at 600 feet?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:42 pm to Tiger inTampa
Grouper, Barrel, Tile, Swordfish (I wish), Snapper sometimes (if in season 
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Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:45 pm to CP3
where did you get your lead. Im always looking for lead.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:45 pm to CarRamrod
Old car batteries and a random assortment of other peoples junk
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:46 pm to CP3
I say give some 8oz beers a try, just use caution.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:46 pm to CP3
The car batteries have me scared.
How long do you let the dry out?
How long do you let the dry out?
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:47 pm to snapper26
quote:yea thats what im talking about. I have like 4. what is the process of taking the lead out?
The car batteries have me scared.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:48 pm to snapper26
These have been sitting outside for over 2 years im told. Not intentionally so that they could be cast, just because they were junked
They said they just busted a hole in the side to drain them, then flushed with a ton of water. I have no idea really though. They were given to me as the lead chunks, not as a battery. The lead core itself had been removed a year or so ago and had been sitting outside, so I felt pretty comfortable handling it.
Google may be able to help with that part.
They said they just busted a hole in the side to drain them, then flushed with a ton of water. I have no idea really though. They were given to me as the lead chunks, not as a battery. The lead core itself had been removed a year or so ago and had been sitting outside, so I felt pretty comfortable handling it.
Google may be able to help with that part.
This post was edited on 6/30/16 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:55 pm to CP3
How about an inverted beer bottle? Cut the bottom off with a diamond blade. It would be pretty aerodynamic too going down. "Aerodynamic" probably the wrong word.
Posted on 6/30/16 at 2:57 pm to halleburton
Hydronamic?
I definitely feel like the heat shock would crack a bottle though
I definitely feel like the heat shock would crack a bottle though
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