Where can I get lead for sinkers?

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Where can I get lead for sinkers?

Post by NoMoreFish » Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:57 am

I want to make my own sinkers.
How much do I expect to pay per kg?

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Re: Where can I get lead for sinkers?

Post by russellh2 » Sat Mar 20, 2021 12:07 pm

If you have a mate or a mate of a mate, ask if you can get some of his lead flashing off-cuts. OR Bunnings, they sell rolls of lead flashing.

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Post by re-tyred » Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:16 pm

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Post by Nude up » Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:16 pm

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Funny you bring this up I was talking to a mate about cars and the subject of lead came up and he said his dad left him loads he used to make his own bullets.
He dropped some off last week so I knocked some out today 1,2,3 and 4oz ones

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Post by Fish-cador » Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:21 am

$2.50 per kilo of used flashing and other lead bars.

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Post by 4liters » Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:20 am

Can you still get wheel balancing weights from mechanics?
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Post by dazz999 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:29 am

4liters wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:20 am
Can you still get wheel balancing weights from mechanics?
Ha started melting the wheel weights to much work now just buys sinker,s

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Re: Where can I get lead for sinkers?

Post by Fish-cador » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:51 pm

dazz999 wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:29 am
4liters wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:20 am
Can you still get wheel balancing weights from mechanics?
Ha started melting the wheel weights to much work now just buys sinker,s
4oz=$2++ when I went to local BCF this morning. I will make sinkers any time.
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Re: Where can I get lead for sinkers?

Post by dazz999 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:30 pm

Fish-cador wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:51 pm
dazz999 wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:29 am
4liters wrote:
Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:20 am
Can you still get wheel balancing weights from mechanics?
Ha started melting the wheel weights to much work now just buys sinker,s
4oz=$2++ when I went to local BCF this morning. I will make sinkers any time.
Yep but bcf and anaconda would be the most expensive shop,s to buy sinker,s i dont think wheel weight lead is as good/easy to melt than the lead flashing and where do you find a star sinker mold that does 4 or 5 sinker,s at a time in 3 or 4 oz

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Re: Where can I get lead for sinkers?

Post by Gultch78 » Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:36 pm

2 to 3 bucks a kilo from scrappers mate
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