I actually used to use aluminum foil to make my ingots . The heavy duty didn't do all that bad a job. Made wooden mold and lined it with the heavy duty stuff and worked pretty good for me.
I actually used to use aluminum foil to make my ingots . The heavy duty didn't do all that bad a job. Made wooden mold and lined it with the heavy duty stuff and worked pretty good for me.
Tip of the day. Noted! Thankd T McG!
I have a couple of RCBS ingot molds. Work great. But the absolute dreamiest ingot mold is an NOE aluminum ingot mold. Expensive, yes, but he had a nice sale when i got mine.
I probably have about a dozen commercial (Lyman, SAECO, RCBS, &cetera) and painted them with High-Temp paint to keep down the rust (in AZ? It happens...). Tried to keep the colors assigned to the make, and there were a few plain, no maker name, molds. But when smelting, I flood the mold to make a 5-lb ingot that stacks nicely. Then when I want to stock my furnace, it is a simple matter to use one 5-lb ingot to bang on another 5-lb ingot, right at the division between individual ingots, on the back side, to break them down into 1.25 lb ingots to go in the furnace. Coke cans provide 8-lb ingots for pure Pb, and are torn off to get to the ingot for alloying...
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Got a piece of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 1/4" wall angle iron, about 4 feet long.
Cut four pieces about 5" long and two pieces for sides.
Cut the four pieces with a 5 or 10 degree angle. Weld them all together.
It's a lot of work to make it. Will last a long time. Pieces stack okay.
Still, I like my ancient 4-cavity Saeco the best.
For identifying the alloy, I use a Harbor Freight letter stamp kit to pound "PB" for lead, "WW" for wheelweight, "RS" for range scrap, etc.
Wilton aluminum mini muffin pan works great . These are pressed aluminum , not coated and they don't stick .
Gary
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |