Hello, I have made several molds for lead using the old fashion sand casting method. I prefer silica sand as its very fine and packs smooth. Cut your butter block shape out of wood or even foam. Use a small box for packing your sand in. Wet the sand just enough so it holds it's shape and add about 1 inch in the bottom of your box. Put your butter block in the center and pack more damp sand around it. Carefully pull out the block and your ready to pour. I would still pour slowly but I found since the sand it wet there is no spatter.
Good Luck, Andy AKA Glidernut -----Original Message----- From: JIM EALY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:28 AM To: Robert Samuels Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] casting lead Hello: As you will hear from others, lead fumes are really bad news. If you must, do it only outdoors and that is not fair to your neighbors, etc. A much better way to do this if you must, is to take a piece of brass or aluminum tubing the same size as the stick of butter you want. Fill the tube with the very smallest sized lead shot (#9 bird shot) you can buy at a hunting store - 25 pound bags: ca. $13- $18. Place a thick layer of 5 min epoxy on one end. Let it set up, turn the tube over and place a another layer of epoxy on the other end. You can latter remove (or add) some of the shot by drilling a hole in the side of the tube to let it "drain" out into a container. Close with tape. There are other metals that can be uses, tungsten for one, but more expensive than lead. I've used this method for nose weight, fill the nose with the amount of lead shot you need, coat with a thick layer of epoxy, STOPS any harmful vapors. Drill a hole for changing amount, close hole with 1/4 inch button nylon bolt. regards, Jim On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:04:55 +0000, "Robert Samuels" wrote: > I want to cast some lead for ballast into a shape resembling a stick of > butter. I have the lead and a torch that puts out enough heat to melt the > lead but I don't have a ladle nor a mold. I prefer not to spend much (if > any) money for these items as it will be a one time project. Does anyone > know what I can use to melt lead in and how to construct a one time mold > (cheaply)? > > Robert Samuels ............... St. Louis > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > > Jim Ealy Education by Demonstration RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
