From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 10/15/2025 4:05 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:10cn56c$32g7v$1@dont-email.me...   
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   > On 10/14/2025 6:05 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >   
   >   ... My temp probes are metal tubes ... I've had one of then over 2000   
   > degrees in my gas forge . I've used them to check melt temp of molten   
   > aluminum just before pouring into molds too . Lead temps are not a big   
   > deal ...unless you leave a trace of moisture in an open top ingot mold .   
   > Got a couple of scars from that adventure !   
   > Snag   
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   >   
   > When I was young and had only woodworking machinery I cast lead salvaged   
   > from broken discarded batteries in wood ingot molds routed on the   
   > Shopsmith in vertical knee mill mode. The wood slowly charred and   
   > degraded and a plaster coating didn't hold up either so I had the bright   
   > idea of trying to cast under water since I knew molten copper poured   
   > into water would insulate itself in a stable steam bubble and briefly   
   > remain glowing.   
   My very first molds were to cast bullets in wood blanks.  Typically with   
   cheap pine boards they were good for about 3 castings before they got to   
   big.  That was a lifetime ago.   
      
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