Recycling Old Lead

[Latimeria]

Into assorted sinkers.

I need to try and limit any exposure because, so I'm taking just sections at a time and smelting some lead.  I have a few old molds from Kelly and decided to give them a shot.

100 year old San Diego Lead Pipe.




Some new and old molds




The pours went pretty cool, but all the leads were 6-16 ounces so each one was a pretty big cavity.




More back up lead.




The Booty



I have no plans on making sputnik sinkers.  That requires more work than I'm willing to put into them.  I'll leave the expert sputnik sinker builds to Wilbur. 

Thanks for checking out the process!

[xjchad]

That's pretty cool Tom.  Seems like it would be a pretty slow process.  I know SocalBill has started pouring his own sputniks.  Definitely a lot of work.

[Socal Bill]

That stack of back up lead is pretty awesome 👍🏿
For me the worst part of making spudniks is drilling the holes for the grip wires.
I was too cheap to buy a spudnik mold, so i made my own out of Bondo. It won't last forever but has popped out a suprising number of Spudniks.

[LandlockedinUT]

That's pretty cool.  I spend a lot of money on lead...   I should buy a mold and start crafting...

Jim

[LONGCAST JOE]

I don't know about in SD, but up here in LA I found a good source for used lead is from all the lobster trap cages I come across washed up on the beaches. If I look close most of them will have 2 small bricks of lead used to weight them down wired inside the cage. I always get my pliers out and untwist the wire holding them in the cage and save them to melt down later....

[xjchad]

That stack of back up lead is pretty awesome 👍🏿
For me the worst part of making spudniks is drilling the holes for the grip wires.
I was too cheap to buy a spudnik mold, so i made my own out of Bondo. It won't last forever but has popped out a suprising number of Spudniks.

I hit the sand for a short session last night for a skunk, but I love your Sputniks Bill!
Hold better than any I've tried so far! 

[Socal Bill]

That stack of back up lead is pretty awesome 👍🏿
For me the worst part of making spudniks is drilling the holes for the grip wires.
I was too cheap to buy a spudnik mold, so i made my own out of Bondo. It won't last forever but has popped out a suprising number of Spudniks.

I hit the sand for a short session last night for a skunk, but I love your Sputniks Bill!
Hold better than any I've tried so far! 

Nice! Glad ya like'um