Author Topic: The Life of Lead: A short film (Read 3136 times)

Quendil · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2018, 02:29:48 PM »

Great little film

Hitman · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2018, 02:49:09 PM »

Hi Nic;
Long time no see. It was great watching the process. I really enjoyed seeing the other side of the hobby. Music was also a nice touch. Thanks for taking the time to share what many of us take for granted. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Regards,
Hitman

MM · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2018, 09:05:18 PM »

Very nice and well produced!

Interestingly the first time I saw how casting is done...seems more labour intensive and difficult than I thought.

FramFramson · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2018, 01:46:06 AM »

Quote from: MM on December 14, 2018, 09:05:18 PM

Interestingly the first time I saw how casting is done...seems more labour intensive and difficult than I thought.

Interestingly I felt the opposite. "Wait... aren't there more steps to this?"

fusilierdan · « **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2018, 12:02:53 PM »

Great film! I watched it on the the Big Screen (TV) as opposed to my laptop.

Roo · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2018, 12:55:07 PM »

Enjoyed that cheers🤙

Vanvlak · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2018, 01:35:36 PM »

That was really nicely done.

aircav · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2018, 03:25:30 PM »

I enjoyed that

Nic · « **Reply #23 on:** December 17, 2018, 01:26:47 AM »

Thank you all. The casting machine was locally made by Global Alloys. Good to see it is both more and less labour intensive than people thought.

armchairgeneral · « **Reply #24 on:** December 17, 2018, 01:47:24 PM »

I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?

FramFramson · « **Reply #25 on:** December 17, 2018, 05:59:04 PM »

Quote from: armchairgeneral on December 17, 2018, 01:47:24 PM

I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?

No doubt it depends on the particular alloy involved as well as whatever safety measures you have in place.

Doug ex-em4 · « **Reply #26 on:** December 18, 2018, 08:32:49 PM »

Quote from: armchairgeneral on December 17, 2018, 01:47:24 PM

I noticed at the start, the casting circular "sprue" left over from a previous cast was being broken up and dropped into the melting pot. However from a previous thread I started about what to do with casting flash, unwanted figures etc. the consensus was they couldn't be melted down and recycled back into new figures?

Never heard that before. All that stuff goes back in the pot😀

Doug

armchairgeneral · « **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2018, 08:45:12 PM »

Quote from: Doug em4 on December 18, 2018, 08:32:49 PM

Never heard that before. All that stuff goes back in the pot😀

Doug

Well this is the thread

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106472.0

I thought about taking my collected metal to shows to offer to manufacturers but I got the impression most wouldn’t want it.

N.C.S.E · « **Reply #28 on:** December 18, 2018, 09:20:50 PM »

For hobby casting (such as Prince August), melting down the "failures" is standard procedure - I'd be surprised if melting down scrap/miscasts isn't standard procedure elsewhere, so long as it's the same material, be it the original blocks or whatever else.

Nic · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2018, 01:29:38 AM »

We always recycle our sprues. Figures would cost an awful lot more if we didn't.
Looking at the previous thread, someone hit on the nail by mentioning that cross contamination is an issue. We only use metal from our supplier. Other manufacturers metal and offcuts, scraps etc, would change the casting properties.

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