Thread: 1 oz sinkers

Where is the best place to buy lead from?

Originally Posted by MO' MONEY

Where is the best place to buy lead from?

Probably somewhere where you can pick it up and not have to pay shipping.....Try the tire stores you may be able to get a bunch of old wheel weights to melt down.

Mo, go on Do-It mold web site and request a catalog. It will show you all the molds they offer. You can buy them cheaper by shopping around. I have bought a couple from Grizzly Jig. And ScottV posted a site on jig tying forum up in Kansas city that has all kinds of molds as cheap as anywhere. Sorry I can't remember site name. Like G said go to tire stores and get wheel weights. It will work great for pouring those larger weights. Just find a pot to melt it in on your burner, lasso off the metal clips because they will float on top. Then flux it with some small chunks of candle. That will separate all the trash and you can skim it off. Then your ready to pour.

Look in the Forum: Jig Tying/Lure making. Click on the Pouring and Painting forum. There is a Sticky: Suppliers Links. Some of these places have molds that Do-It doesn't make anymore. Some post on how to cast in there too.
I checked at a tire store 3 weeks ago. 5 gallon bucket of wheel weights and trash was $40. Roughly .40 per pound after the steel and zinc is removed. But a waiting list. Last years trip to the scrap dealer, I found wheel weights were $1.03 per lb. lead was $1.10 per lb. I can check next week. The lead would be a better buy.

I have cast a bunch of bullets and sinkers, I feel that the equipment has paid for it's self, all my casting now is free.
I posted all of my molds in the thread for the fall camp 2012. No problem bringing them to spring camp.

Originally Posted by slimeyslab

First y'all was on the shine and now y'all got some pot? Sounds like my kind of party!

On another forum we had a camp n fish weekend. Some 450 members showed up. We had walkie talkies to get everyone where they needed to be at different times of the week. We had set up one of the campsites for pouring/casting. Sgt1 made the annoucement "Pot party at site 126" We had some 60 plus members and 26 rangers to show.

Thanks for the Info guys, talked to Sat this morning when he dropped some jigs he poured. If he can figrue it out, surely I can!

Ebay still has #7 swivels for .04 each, about the same as when I bought mine. I could bring and sell a few with me.