Made new handles for my lyman ingot molds

[jnovotny]

The cheap pine ingot mold handles burnt up on my last casting session and I turned out 2 new ones on my wood lathe. I turned one out of osage orange and the other out of purple heart we'll see witch ones work the best.

[crabo]

If nothing else, they will be purty until they get burnt up again.

[Jon K]

Well..........that's gotta look cool.............let's see pics.

Jon

[jnovotny]

wish I could kinda computer stupid lucky I can type with two fingers

[Southern Son]

I had to put a new handle on my lyman ingot mould, too. I cheated. I just used an old bit of hardwood rake handle, but I drilled out the hole for the tang on the mould larger than it had to be, then filled the hole with Selly's Knead It (it is an epoxy, but it dries like a rock, not clear, it is like a cross between Araldite and cement). I just roughed up the tang on the ingot mould and then shoved it down into the hole, squeezing out the excess Knead It. The Knead It seems to insulate the wood handle well. The factory hadle burnt out in a coupe of sessions, the new handle is still on after about 2 years.

[Cactus Farmer]

I've done the same thing with Devcon,a plastic steel product on Lyman 4 cavity handles. A really old timer,(a WWII vet who taught me to cast boolits back in 1959-60{I was 10 at the time}) showed me the trick. Rough up the handles as soon as they get loose( and they will) mix up a batch of Devcon and poke it in the holes. Shove the handles back in place and wait. I have several of these handles and have never had 'em get loose again. I guess there is some property of the stuff that does insulate the wood from the metal. :castmine:

[pumpguy]

Osage orange in Kansas. Who knew?[smilie=1: What part of central Kansas are you in?

[James C. Snodgrass]

Can you say hedge ? :castmine:

[Buckshot]

.............A wood lathe would be nice. I bought a new handle. It was made by Vise-Grip :-)

..............Buckshot

[shotman]

Buckshot I got a set just like that . Been off an on many times has yet to burn or get hot. rick

[Lloyd Smale]

I just wear a welders glove

[Calamity Jake]

Wood file handles from the hardware store.

[Pepe Ray]

Could someone show me a picture of a Lyman ingot mold with handle.
NOY talking about the Vice Grips!!
thanks,
Pepe Ray

[montana_charlie]

I don't have a picture, Pepe Ray, but they ARE making them (these days) with a long tang and a wooden handle... instead of the little iron tab on the side.
CM

[teddyblu]

HORSE APPLE
OSAGE ORANGE
HEDGEAPPLE
BODARK
Bois du Arc (wood of the bow)

are all names given to the hedge ball, Also makes a good sturdy mallet to tap open the mold with. a wood for bow making, good fence post material and lasting more than a century.
burns hot but a tendency to pop showering the carpet with hot embers.

grew up in the arkansas city area but moved to texas half century ago.

Larrys

[Pepe Ray]

Thanks Charlie.
You guys gotta keep me up to speed, ya know?
Sooo, these have been out long enough for someone to have already burned one up? Wow! I feel like a ret-- idiot.
Thanks again MC
Pepe Ray

[jnovotny]

dickinson county