ianinsa Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'll second you on that Alan! I was wracking my brain trying to picture the location instead of just using my other brain cell to read my own post Twit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 http://www.richardgent.co.uk/ local place that sells it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 All good and well, I know a fantastic place in Kuwait city as well? There seems to be no " buy 5 lengths and we deliver free to the southern tip of Africa " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 My chum has replied and said he will pop round one lunch time...he is not sure whether they will allow photographs. He said he would do some sketches if that is the case...in an earlier life he was an interior designer and later a graphic artist, he even worked with me as a blacksmith for a year or so. He was always a good draughtsman so something useful should turn up. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 A saga is developing. The part of the chapel containing the exhibit is having work done and is consequently closed off....hold your breath! Alan "Kings College Chapel is just next door to Trinity so I called in at lunch time. However they are carrying out some renovation work to the organ and having found some asbestos they had to close the exhibition area where the roll tool is displayed. Anyway when open again I’ll call by to have a look though I’m not certain when that will be. Any hurry on the matter?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Well this thread was started in 2010 so I guess that it's somewhat less than urgent truth be told I have been there in the "gap" and as I was there with my wife looking at the place wrt. My Stepson Dylan, (the one that slept in your 'new wing') when you so generously hosted us Alan. That time I wasn't concentrating on anything other than accommodation, tuition fees, books, fees , some pretty interior design shops, fees and er. did I mention fees? Anyhow thanks for the effort Alan! If nothing else I'm sure it'll move some of the cobwebs in my brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaloM Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 ...regarding this very old thread...anybody have some photos with a leadmill machine? I need to replicate an old one for my own use. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Herewith. The photos of the machine on display in King's College Chapel. My friend had problems with the light reflections on the glass cases...I have improved them with iPhoto (roughly tweaked!) I hope they are clear enough. Alan Here is the one which shows the roller profiles best. This the original image I received in case you can do a better job of tweaking... Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 He came, he saw came, he went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 On 7 April 2016 at 2:55 PM, JHCC said: He came, he saw came, he went. Curiously, that brings to mind my father's schoolboy version of Julius Caesar's "Veni, Vidi, Vici" = "I came; I saw; I conquered" = "Weany, weedy and weaky" Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 4 hours ago, Alan Evans said: Curiously, that brings to mind my father's schoolboy version of Julius Caesar's "Veni, Vidi, Vici" = "I came; I saw; I conquered" = "Weany, weedy and weaky" Alan That was the intention. I am a Classist by training, although not by profession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well, it looks more like "I came ,I saw and I took pictures! as opposed to my son's version "I went ,I saw and I selfie 'd. Alan , thank you very much for the multitude of pictures, sadly my eyesight has yet to recover enough for me to figure it out but I have hope! Furthermore I'm happy to see that I was correct in my recollection that it was a mill and not just some "stretcher". Hopefully we can collectively post drawings to assist each other in the workings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 2 hours ago, JHCC said: That was the intention. I am a Classist by training, although not by profession. Might I enquire as to which you belong, and which you have been trained to particularly abhor? Upper, lower or middle Class? Or is Classist the opposite of Meritist? Classicist? Classiest? Doncha jus' luv' predictive text! Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Just now, Alan Evans said: Might I enquire as to which you belong, and which you have been trained to particularly abhor? Upper, lower or middle Class? Or is Classist the opposite of Meritist? Classicist? Classiest? Doncha jus' luv' predictive text! Alan Classicist. Darn autocorrect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaloM Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Thanks!! Hmm... still missing details for the cheeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Not quite sure about your cheeks. It is not very clear from the photos but if I were starting from scratch I would machine the rollers so that the final profile I required was formed by the space left between them. In this case I presume a capital H shape. So depending on your glass thickness I would machine the rollers to leave a glass thickness disc in the middle and whatever profile you require either side. The main shaft of the rollers would be almost touching and the centre discs would be slightly smaller diameter to create the thickness of the lead cross bar of the H. The removal of the wire edge on the discs would probably help the flow...The "cheeks" therefore would be incorporated in the rollers. See sketch below. It may be necessary to do it in stages and have a two or three sets of profiles machined across the rollers. Do you need a U shape for the outside frame? That could be on the same roller. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I just looked at an illustration of some commercial lead profiles. A number of them had rib marks on the surface of the cross bar. Might help to straight knurl the centre discs. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Finn Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Hi All, Did anyone sort out equipment for lead came making. I have such a machine with tools and moulds. Nick Finn Lead Came extrusion equipment & tools/moulds. IMG_4527.HEIC IMG_4537.HEIC IMG_4538.HEIC IMG_4536.HEIC IMG_4535.HEIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Your photos will not open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Worked for me I just had to download them and took a while to open them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 11:09 AM, Nick Finn said: Hi All, Did anyone sort out equipment for lead came making. I have such a machine with tools and moulds. Nick Finn Lead Came extrusion equipment & tools/moulds. IMG_4527.HEICUnavailable IMG_4537.HEICUnavailable IMG_4538.HEICUnavailable IMG_4536.HEICUnavailable IMG_4535.HEICUnavailable Hi Nick - can you upload the pictures again or leave link if you still have the machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon H Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Not sure if this thread is now defunct, and no-one watching, but Ive just picked up some lead calme making equipment from a farm sale - old lead calme wooden transportation troughs, some lead 'book' moulds for making the lead pigs, and some milling blocks for extruding the 'pigs' through to make the finished lead calmes. Might be of interest to those who want to make some ? ! All quite interesting. Not sure of the age of it all but its certainly not too modern ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Welcome aboard from 7500' in SE Wyoming. Glad to have you. I am sure that there are some leaded glass ("stained glass") fora out there which would have more interest and knowledge of came making than here. I did a bit of glass work years ago but only with commercial came. I believe there has been a shift to copper came and solder over the years because of health concerns about lead but lead came is still in use. Working with lead should be approached cautiously since fumes and dust from the metal can be a serious health hazard. I'm not saying not to use it but approach it very cautiously and wear proper PPE (too much is never enough) and lots of ventilation. Lead and other metal toxicity is like many STDs, it is forever with no real cure. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Welcome from the Ozark mountains. My wife and used to do a lot of stained glass and beveled glass. We still have the grinders for beveling and a lot of lead came but like George said the copper foil leaded over is much easier to use and hard to tell from lead came if done properly. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails. ~ Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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