Lead melting question for sinkers and jig heads.

**STUMP HUNTER** · 07-26-2013, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by canebreaker

Always pay it forward. Someone will decide they want to get into casting. Buy a used mold without instructions, then the questions start. At least we have the internet now.
My first mold was a Palmer split shot without the plate for a dime at a carport sale. My brother cut a piece of banding steel to fit. 50/50 soldier was my first few pours. I could almost break a pair of pliers pinching them on the line and they would slide. Oh well, I was 10 or 12 at the time.

Good story, I have had some of those hard split shots before also..

**Fatman** · 07-26-2013, 12:35 PM

Oh man I hated that mold!!!!!!!!! Even with pure lead it was a pain. A friend of my Uncle had a shot mold and I used to grab handfuls and use an old Barlow knife to make splits in them and those were my split shot. I gave him the mold.

My fave for sinkers was the Palmer 101 with 4 sizes of sinkers - I still have that mold but can't use the small ones anymore with the Vermont lead laws. Don't think tin would work very well in it!!!LOL

**canebreaker** · 07-26-2013, 09:16 PM

yep, the tree huggers have messed up what we can do for ourselves and a lot of vendors. I wish them lots of spliners, ticks, chiggers, poison oak.

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