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Casting with my homemade lead hammer mold.
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My wooden mallet was wearing out from hitting the sprue plates on my bullet moulds.
Also I had to hit the sprue plate several times on 8 and 10 cavity moulds to knock them open.
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I switched to a plastic hammer, but it was damaging the sprue plate.
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Sprue plate damage.
I could have purchased a lead hammer or a lead hammer mould.
I decided to make a lead hammer mould.
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1” brass “T” cut in half to make a lead hammer mould.
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Lead hammer mould held together with hose clamps.
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Heating lead hammer mould with a torch. Otherwise the lead hammer will have wrinkles. Lead hammer mould with metal plates as end caps held on by a “C” clamp.
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Insert the handle and fill the mould with lead. I used wheelweights as my lead alloy.
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Lead hammer mould filled with lead. Let it cool before removing mould.
Remove hose clamps. Pry off mould with a screwdriver. OR knock off mould by hitting it sideways.
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Finished lead hammer. I make several so when one wears out, I can pick up another one and keep casting.
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Now the lead hammer takes the wear instead of the sprue plate.
When the lead hammer wears out, I melt the worn out hammer off the handle and cast a new lead hammer.