In another thread, I asked about sources for bulk lead wire. some of the responses discussed making the wire myself. Ideally, I would want to produce the wire myself in the long term, so perhaps it's worth pursuing now, at least from an informational standpoint.
I need uninterrupted wires that are at least 20lbs to be practical, 50lbs would be better.
As I understand it, a machine that can extrude a 20-50lb billet would be ideal, but most likely is beyond my budget and space availability.
I'm also led to believe that some folks have had success making wire with smaller machines, and being able to add new billets and still have the extrusion be a continuous piece. In which case, the size of billet would be less critical, and I could theoretically make spools of wire as large as I would want.
If anyone has information on reaching this "sweet spot" of being a smaller shop sized machine that can make continuous lengths of wire from multiple billets, I would be very interested in hearing it!