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Post by voodoo on Sept 21, 2006 1:01:24 GMT
I now have a small melting pot, ladle, and ingot mold. Plus a bucket of lead tire weights.
I would like a mold in 25mm to 32mm. I am interested in medieval or Fantasy.
What mold would I have the best chance of success? This would be my first mold.
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Post by Prince August on Sept 21, 2006 14:20:52 GMT
I now have a small melting pot, ladle, and ingot mold. Plus a bucket of lead tire weights. I would like a mold in 25mm to 32mm. I am interested in medieval or Fantasy. What mold would I have the best chance of success? This would be my first mold. Our 32mm Elves are easy to cast with, there are 6 to choose from. Please read our casting tutorials on our website newsletter to learn all about casting successfully. Our older 25mm fantasy molds cast easily enough, although I suggest not getting the 'Classics' yet, as they are older and take more skill to cast correctly. We do not have medieval 32mm molds. Our Vikings are 40mm, and easy to cast and look great when finished. Pure lead should be mixed with tin to improve the quality of the castings, If you want to mix some model metal or 5 star metal into the mix it will aid you in getting good results. |
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Post by voodoo on Sept 22, 2006 1:12:43 GMT
The Elves look good.
I will get some very soon.
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Post by voodoo on Sept 23, 2006 20:41:32 GMT
Yippee!
I have purchased my first molds of the Elves.
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Post by carl on Feb 8, 2007 16:52:34 GMT
I have used lead tire weights for many years and I would like to give you some advise. If your talking about the standard weights used here in the USA, they are really a lot of what I call junk Lead. That means they have been mixed with practically anything found on Earth. They normally get recycled numerous times and pick up lots of impurities during the process of use and reuse. I would suggest the first time you melt them you do so outdoors or in a well ventilated area. When I did melt them I've found a fair abundance of smelling gases given off, lots of settlement on the bottom of the crucible and also a continuous floatation of impurities. Pour off the first meltings into a separate mould of iron or aluminum or something where it would not stick. Then when you go to make your first figures the Lead will be a lot safer to use. I usually end up with only about 60% of what I started with from some batches due to all the impurities. Note if you got them from a auto repair or tire place and they are used they will be coated with road tars also. You may not have to add anything such as Tin due to there may already be so many other metals mixed in already. I've done the same with Lead from shooting ranges, fishing weights, Lead-Acid batteries and other sources and the resulting Lead is very mixed with other substances but works anyway.
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