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I'm not sure about the low temp. brazing rod? Might it melt & come apart or soften under the temps of molten lead?
You might try that but I'd run an all-thread rod from one side to the other in at least two places. Don't forget the ends of the angle used for the ingots, don't cut them square, just a few degrees out of 90º should get them to release.
My steel ingots don't stick to the lead...when they have cooled a few minutes I just flip them over and the ingots come right out.
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When AT&T split with New England T&T ordered by the court back in the 70's I went past the dumpsters at their garage every shift I worked. Got my AT&T Propane outfit that will hold 100 pounds to the top of the cast iron pot. I hold it to 3/4 from the top seem to get 95 1-pound ingots each melt.
I also recovered many full and partial boxes of solder 7 unopened and heavy!!
I have acumulated over the years 8 Lyman ingot molds and 3 Lees. I only fill the 1-pounders on the Lee's and Use the 1/2 pounders doing tin or pewter.
I had to move over a full ton of lead in 1985 when we moved to NH Most was Lino. Bought or scrounged all at about $.10 a pound. The 70's were the days of scrapping!
Dutch oven, fish fryer. Then pour into lino pigs.
I’ve used those brazing type aluminum rods before and they worked well for small low stress projects. However, I wouldn’t trust them with molten lead. Your first couple of tries might work and later let loose when not expected.
It would be interesting to know, if someone has any of those rods, to stick them into a pot of molten lead to see what happens.
I once made moulds for the scrap melt from mild steel round tubing cut down the middle, welded to angle iron.
It was a lot of effort to make them, they took up a lot of space to store, and the longer they sat, the more rusty they became.
I since tossed them all out, and now I use mini bread pans. Cheap to buy and stackable for storage. Half full gives a manageable brick.
https://www.amazon.com/Nonstick-Baki.../dp/B08432DPQ2
For smaller melters, steel muffin trays -
https://www.amazon.com/far-Stainless...s%2C393&sr=8-5
If you decide to try this, get a cheap cake pan from somewhere to put the molds in while pouring in case it fails.
A while back there was someone here selling angle iron molds. I don't remember who but if you place a "wanted to buy" in S&S they may respond.
Also, if you see an old bed frame in the trash, they have a lot of angle iron in them.
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A member here on CB... Joe Leadslinger ...is the guy who makes the angle iron moulds...up in Oregon.
He sent me mine and has made them for several others.
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I tried the cupcake pan once and the lead wouldn't drop out. I ended up knocking out the cup and using a propane torch to melt the lead into my lead pot. Will a steel angle iron mold work or would the lead stick. Therefore, aluminum would be a better choice, yes?
Your stash probably looks stacked and pretty like Ft. Knox lol.
If it was an old cupcake pan, made of tin plated steel, I’ve read here that the ingot can actually fuse with the plating.
If the pan, steel or aluminum, is dented on the sides, in or out, the ingot can bind in the cup.
Rusty steel seems to release the ingots easily (the same seems true of aluminum). Nonstick coatings on steel will burn off, and will make for pocked ingot surfaces until they do. Have a care to avoid the fumes: from personal experience I can tell you they are very irritating.
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I like my ingots level too. I use molten lead like a water level. If it starts spilling out of one particular side, I make adjustments.
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