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   On 10/15/2025 9:04 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 10/15/2025 4:05 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Snag"  wrote in message news:10cn56c$32g7v$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
      
   Correction.  First mold I made.  First mold I bought was for a crappie   
   jig from Palmer.  Palmer no longer makes molds, but they sell one of the   
   cheapest lead pots on the market,   
      
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