Ya'll probably know this but when working with lead - melting it, etc -
be very careful of the fumes - they are toxic and can cause liver and
other damage...
LarryT
91 300D
On 6/5/2015 11:32 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
JB Weld was my thought as well - but use it instead of the lead, not
These last few days I drove up to DC from SC, collected the boy and his
impedimenta, and hauled it all up to Providence RI then drove back. It
has been some time since I have been up that way, most everything from
DC north, hell, Richmond (the capital of the Confederacy) north is
pretty much
Hahahahahha you think?
Ok, OK.. so I have both OCD and ADD ... Everything has to be EXACTLY
perfect... but only for a little while...
I've actually come to accept that Andrew and I will never agree. It's OK,
I can respect that. It is just environmental damage from having to live in
the DC
Yes, however, it's a slow death and you go insane first. Since you drive
and work on antique [by modern standards] Mercedes, no one will notice. ;))
Work in a ventilated area, use a clay dam to keep the lead from pouring
through, and only heat the lead pot to the liquid lead pour point, preheat
Andrew would disagree
--R
On 6/6/15 11:04 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
I've been melting and recasting wheel weight lead for the last 35 years and
making lead shot for skeet shooting reloads, and lead bullets. Likely have
handled several tons over the years. No ill effects to date.
I got myself into a project that I should have walked away from but
since I am into it, I am not giving it up.
I did offer it up for sale or trade but no one came looking so maybe
they were smarter than me. Time will tell.
I bought, for little money, an antique woodworking multi-machine. It had
Clay will work. It's what the old plumbers used to use back in the day. You
pack the joint from one end with clay, run lead with tin content to make it
stick to the cast steel, then chip the clay out and run the back side with
lead with tin. you then have a complete joint.
Take care using to much
Jb weld?
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On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I got myself into a project that I should have walked away from but since I
am into it, I am not giving it up.
I did offer it up for sale or trade but no one came looking so
JB Weld was my thought as well - but use it instead of the lead, not to
seal the end before pouring lead.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Jb weld?
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OK Don
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