Thread: Poured first heads today, need some advice

Telephone repairman also have access to good lead from time to time.

Thanks for all the replies. Redge my dad was a telephone man. He said if I had all the lead he use to use, back in the day, I'd never need anymore for anything. He had a few pieces in the barn. Maybe 2 pounds worth.

I have about 500 lbs of telephone lead.
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Another good source of clean lead, is the metallic cartridge black powder guys.

Originally Posted by GrumpyLoomis

Dentists have lead from xray thingys. You know that thing you have to bite down on, they have a thin membrane on each one that gets put in a recycle bucket that they have to pay to have discarded. They generally are very happy to give to a free discard.

My dentist saves all his for me. I keep it separate from everything else. Pours some pretty jigs.

A guy that I went to HS with is my dentist. I'll ask him if they use it. Their bite plate for their xrays aren't like the older style that I think one of you mentioned so I don't know if they'll have any or not.

These bricks weigh ~12kgs and they were recovered from a decommissioned lab


Sheets of lead on top of the paint cans are from a radio transmission site. Cans are wheel weight. The sheet of lead on the bottom is ~1/8" thick and is used in the walls of an X-Ray room and Bio-hoods. The yellow thing (~40lbs)came from X-Ray equipment.


More bricks. Very clean lead - real pain to break down.


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