13 hours ago, Frosty said:

Quite a few metals are denser than lead, lead will float on mercury in fact.

Fine: make that “most common metals”. Yeesh. 

On 10/21/2024 at 1:30 PM, JHCC said:

Here's a screenshot of a classic lead hammer mold with integral ladle. The mold is clamped onto a hammer handle, the lead is melted into the ladle, and the liquid metal is drained into the mold where it cools.

I've got a mold like that I'm going to put up on ebay soon.  A 3lb I figure, if the number on the handle opening is what I think it is. 

Edited December 16, 20241 yr by Mod34
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