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Thread: Aluminum Foil Ingot mold

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    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.

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    Deleted. Duplicate post.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walks View Post
    I'm like Mold Maker, I've haunted garage sales & GunShows for not quite 50yrs. Ohaus, Saeco, Lyman, RCBS, Lee, RCBS(blank) and a LODGE Scone Pan, makes keeping different alloys separate very easy. And the Blank & Lodge ingots are big/flat enough to write on with a sharpie.
    i have yet to see any lead casting molds at estate or garage sales here in the California Bay Area other than for fishing sinkers. None in the gun shows either. Maybe it's where I live, or maybe I haven't been looking long enough.

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    Wilton aluminum mini muffin pan works great . These are pressed aluminum , not coated and they don't stick .
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