Where to get lead?

[spokey9]

You can also bust up an old lead acid battery, it can be messy and you'll need a bunch of baking soda to neutralize the acid, but they hold a lot of lead.

Hey g-man how does a fella go bout doing that?

[Shad_Eating_Grin]

You can also bust up an old lead acid battery, it can be messy and you'll need a bunch of baking soda to neutralize the acid, but they hold a lot of lead.

Hey g-man how does a fella go bout doing that?

Here's how to go about doing that: DON'T !!

[BMGW]

Pleese do not use battery lead, as you can NEVER get the acid out completely and it makes the lead extremely TOXIC, thus giving EPA a very good reason to ban it's use... I am sitting on about 7 tons of various lead alloy and formulations mostly used for making bullets but I would hold off until November 3rd 2010 to see how EPA makes it's ruling before investing too much into it... BMGW

[racfish]

With the new No-Lead trend I am seeing more Tungsten being used then other metals. In the drapery business we are switching over to tungsten weights.Im wondering if tungsten is as easy to melt as lead and will it pour into a mold. I bought cast iron melting pot with a pouring spout. Works great for me.

[bionic_one]

Of all metals in pure form, tungsten has the highest melting point (3422 °C, 6192 °F)

It's also one of the hardest metals. Tungsten Carbide is what they use for those knife sharpeners that peel metal off the blade to 'sharpen' your knife.

Edit: Without the carbide, it's not very hard. My mistake.

[G-Man]

There are several places on the internet from which you can buy alloys that are lead free, have a low melting point and are close to the same density as lead. They are not as inexpensive as lead, but let's be real, if they were, going lead free wouldn't be an issue. Bismuth alloys are notorious for their low melting points and is very close to being as dense as lead.

Here is a link to an alloy that you might try.

http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/low ... 281338.htm