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[LiamC]

http://www.dansdata.com/satausb.htm

Dunno if it'd be useful, but the article is funny.

Kids: Don't do this if Mum's looking. Remember when you melted all of those fishing weights in her saucepan? It'll be like that.

 

[LunarMist]

How does one melt a fishing weight in a saucepan? Is that some down-under slang for something else?

 

[LiamC]

Fishing weights—sinkers, in the local vernacular—are just lead weights. I used to break up car batteries for the lead plates as a kid, melt them down on a fire, and make my own sinkers. I never thought to do it in an aluminium/stainless steel saucepan on the stove, though I imagined my mum would have had a fit if I had! :mrgrn:

 

[LunarMist]

Yikes, that sounds like a good way to absorb lead. I suppose you were not concerned about the toxicity.

 

[LiamC]

Never knew the dangers. This would be the '70's. Once I found out, I never did it again.

Mind you, it might explain why I'm a bit slow sometimes...

:eekers:

 

[Bozo]

A few years ago I cast my own lead bullets on the kitchen stove. It made one hellava mess.
The wife was not too happy either..


Bozo :mrgrn:

 

[LiamC]

Why'd you want to do that? I would have thought it would be cheaper to buy them? Just to see if you could do it?

 

[Pradeep]

I used to cast my own round balls for black powder shooting. The lead was usually free from wheel balancing weights etc. Tho I used a proper lead melting pot, outside. Doing it on the kitchen stove is definitely a good way to poison yourself.

Projectiles can be surprisingly expensive, especially if you shoot a lot. And there is a lot of satisfaction in doing it yourself.

 

[Mercutio]

Why'd you want to do that? I would have thought it would be cheaper to buy them?

Don't you know anything about werewolves?!?

 

[LiamC]

Yeah, but I thought you needed silver for that? And why would a Tassie devil want to shoot Greg S? :eekers: :mrgrn:

 

[Pradeep]

It's Greg's possesed puddy cat that scares me.

 

[Mercutio]

And why would a Tassie devil want to shoot Greg S?

Aw, he's an american. That's how we make each other feel welcome.