@criticaboutvids English is a second language, I started learning it in school when I was 10. I like English because of its precision and crispness. I try to keep it up by reading lots of English books.
Try this next time: bits of Crayon dropped onto the molten lead. It acts as a flux, and burns away without residue. Some say that candle-wax works as well. The wax reduces the oxidized lead [the scum on the surface is oxidized lead] back into metallic lead. Less skimming, less dross and better grade of casting.
I use steel balls a lot, but lead is heavier, and it does not ricochet so much. Shooting steel balls against a hard surface is very dangerous. Lead deforms and usually does not come back to you.
That is what I think, too. However if I don't have to talk into a microphone while casting, I use a mask anyway. But 30 minutes of work, outside, just one time, is not a big issue.
Joerg, first I would love to say "Thank You!" for all your wonderful videos! I'm fairly expert with firearms through a lifetime of practice, but they never really filled me with passion. Your slings and sling bows speak to me! Second, I learned while casting bullets that if you put some shavings of paraffin wax (canning wax) in the lead, it will cause the impurities (dross) to rise to the surface so you may skim it off.
Way to take care of the trolls, sir. Your slingshots are great, and your English is just fine. I'm going to try making one of your crossbow designs soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hey Joerg, consider heating your mold. Youll get better quality castings because the lead cools more evenly. Also you should try 'smoking' you mold. Hold it over a candle and hit up all the crevices with smoke. The soot from the smoke acts as a release agent.
nice 1 mate. if you drop the balls in cold water to cool them quickly then there will be harder. also you can use a little bit of wax, ad it to the pot and stand back for a few seconds till the flame stops, then mix and scrape down the sides of the pot, it will help get more of that gunk out. the gunk sticks to the wax and you get cleaner lead from it :)
@punica456 Essen sollst Du die Kugeln natürlich nicht :) Aber im Ernst, sowas sollte man nur an der frischen Luft machen, oder mit entsprechenden Sicherheitsvorkehrungen.
hahahaha see the shine on his head at end. lovin the vids i watched most of them and i might get a slingshot tonight hopefully but right now i got home made ones that arent too good the rubber is bike tire tube and the sling shot is from a branch of a tree.
Joerg, where would I be able to buy one of these melting pots, I can't seem to find one anywhere! Looks like such easy work compared to melting Lead in a pan! And is this Shot mould actually any better than a fishing sinker mould? Because it just looks like a glorified sinker mould! Thanks, Curtis
Casting any other metal than lead is not advisable unless you have the proper skills and equipment. Tungsten has a melting point of about 3400 degrees celsius, ten times higher than lead. There is no way a hobbyist can cast anything from it. You can buy tungsten carbide balls, but those are really expensive.
If anyone is on a budget (once you get free lead) you can easily heat the lead molten in an old cast-iron pan over a camp fire (most small pans even have a pouring lip built in) ... when I was a kid we used to recover lead like this (from wheel weights and bullets), make ingots and sell it to the scrap yard. You can avoid bodily lead contamination by wearing gloves and avoiding inhaling any fumes (and of course always working outdoors).
hey Joerg I have a question for you, and that is do you know if it is possible to make 4.5 mm steel shots. Just asking and if you do please tell me how, I have been looking for ever on how to make them but could never find it out. If you find out please let me know and thank you. P.S. great videos I watch them all the time:)
Just wondering if a dimpled steel ball (like what you see in a golf ball) works better than the normal smooth surface steel balls. Joerg, can you test it out?
Does the same company make molds for shaped projectiles? I'm looking to make a big bore airgun, and having a professionally made mold for the ammo would be very useful.
if you have different metals, can you use them as well? Ik some have higher merlting points but there are shootable metals out there more efficient than lead like tungsten, its just a thought but could it work?
thank you for your videos i purchased this lead mould on the strength of your review and i am 100 percent happy with it. i love all your videos i think it is because you look like an aggressive muscle shark but you are also well spoken and intelligent. i like the scary face you pull just after every shot you let off. please keep up the fantastic work. also do you sell any of the slingshots that you make i would love to add one to my new collection. thank you for you time, andrew form England ,
Wenn ich drinnen gearbeitet hätte und mehr als 30 Minuten, dann hätte ich sicher auch eine Mase getragen. Bei den paar Kugeln und im Freien war's schon OK. Es wäre sonst auch schwer gewesen, beim Giessen verständlich zu reden.
i am very interested in this mold, i have been casting with a size 1 fishing sinker mold which is 11mm but there is alot of clean up work with pliers after, i have been looking at the 000 buckshot mold on ebay which is about 9mm i think, im thinking 16mm might be abit big.
Hints A match head size piece of beeswax will flux the impurities out and about half teaspoon of borax will reduce oxidation after it has been fluxed. I cast for muzzleloader (pure lead) and modern firearms (alloy, wheel weights).
If safety is a concern bismuth and tin are good alternatives and have a low enough melting point for the pot. Both are much less hazardous to wildlife and the enviroment, Also the hunter that plans to eat what they hunt with the slingshot. Some autoshops have the heavy metals in the scrap bins and sometimes give it away.
Wearing protective clothes is a good idea, especially on your lower extremities in case of the melt pot getting tipped over. I wear thick wool Swedish Army pants and heavy boots when casting.
5:40 look at the shine on his head! Oh, and Joerg, It's obvious you are German, and live in Germany, and speak German, but is English a second language? Did you learn it later on in life or as you were growing up? You are really fluent in it, and I was wondering how long it took you?
To get lead you can burn a car battery on a normal open fire after draining the acid. You don't see much lead comming out but you find a solid lump of cold lead in the ash pan the next day.
yet another excellent video would like to make my own shot but the £90.oo price on these moulds is a little out of my league still found some moulds for 1/10 of the price in the fishing section on e-bay 11mm-30mm sinker moulds 10 per fill for £9.99 made by bob cat
Ah. So I would need to find items which I didn't care about the lifespan of. Regardless, a mold like this is very much interesting, as someone who uses a different kind of sling (the classical spinning/on a staff kind.) - Of course, I wish it came with an almond shape setting.
+JoergSprave With a some reinforcing and modification, you could turn that mold into a slingshot pouch for a big slingshot like that shotgun slingshot you made five years ago but MUCH BIGGER.
+WalrusJones Staff slings are awesome, made some and played around with many years ago now. Used parts of the Bayeux tapestry for reference. Shot mostly natural stones from the railroad, but also experimented a bit with almond shaped projectiles made from clay :)
@criticaboutvids English is a second language, I started learning it in school when I was 10. I like English because of its precision and crispness. I try to keep it up by reading lots of English books.
You do a great job!
Saint Jörg, Patron of slingshot users
That halo is light reflecting off your shiny head. ;3
Try this next time: bits of Crayon dropped onto the molten lead.
It acts as a flux, and burns away without residue.
Some say that candle-wax works as well.
The wax reduces the oxidized lead [the scum on the surface is oxidized lead] back into metallic lead.
Less skimming, less dross and better grade of casting.
lol his head reflects more light than the mould
That’s what you call bright ideas 😁
That is actually a light bulb...
May fear and pride follow your footsteps Saint Joerg of Slingreich.
I use steel balls a lot, but lead is heavier, and it does not ricochet so much. Shooting steel balls against a hard surface is very dangerous. Lead deforms and usually does not come back to you.
@choosymoosy I don't have one. That's why I did the moulding outside, in fresh air.
That is what I think, too. However if I don't have to talk into a microphone while casting, I use a mask anyway. But 30 minutes of work, outside, just one time, is not a big issue.
what sort of head polish do you use?
XD
mikha007 I feel bad for laughing about it :D:D:D:D:D
+mikha007 no polish, just a halo ;-)
Your beard sir...is fabulous.
Turtle wax
Joerg, first I would love to say "Thank You!" for all your wonderful videos! I'm fairly expert with firearms through a lifetime of practice, but they never really filled me with passion. Your slings and sling bows speak to me!
Second, I learned while casting bullets that if you put some shavings of paraffin wax (canning wax) in the lead, it will cause the impurities (dross) to rise to the surface so you may skim it off.
@josephoo7 Then never say "slingshotman" three times in front of a mirror :-)
Way to take care of the trolls, sir. Your slingshots are great, and your English is just fine. I'm going to try making one of your crossbow designs soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hey Joerg, consider heating your mold. Youll get better quality castings because the lead cools more evenly. Also you should try 'smoking' you mold. Hold it over a candle and hit up all the crevices with smoke. The soot from the smoke acts as a release agent.
@Posoloaca 11,18 mm
nice 1 mate. if you drop the balls in cold water to cool them quickly then there will be harder. also you can use a little bit of wax, ad it to the pot and stand back for a few seconds till the flame stops, then mix and scrape down the sides of the pot, it will help get more of that gunk out. the gunk sticks to the wax and you get cleaner lead from it :)
When casting lead, try pre-heating your mould. Usually by doing this, you achieve higher percentages of a successful pour!
@punica456 Essen sollst Du die Kugeln natürlich nicht :) Aber im Ernst, sowas sollte man nur an der frischen Luft machen, oder mit entsprechenden Sicherheitsvorkehrungen.
I always enjoy your videos!
I buy my lead from an indoor gun range. very cheap at 25cents/lb. it needs some processsing, but is the cheapest way I've found to get bulk lead.
I love that pot. I have a ladle with mine and it is certainly more difficult to spoon it out and pour.
That little furnace is fantastic.
Remelting is the easiest thing in the world. In the pot they go again. Mind you, nice and slow, you don't want lead splashings.
hahahaha see the shine on his head at end. lovin the vids i watched most of them and i might get a slingshot tonight hopefully but right now i got home made ones that arent too good the rubber is bike tire tube and the sling shot is from a branch of a tree.
where did you get that pot/tiny furnace I would love to know to purchase it myself
Lee lead smelter......get them at any reloading store
Joerg, where would I be able to buy one of these melting pots, I can't seem to find one anywhere! Looks like such easy work compared to melting Lead in a pan!
And is this Shot mould actually any better than a fishing sinker mould? Because it just looks like a glorified sinker mould!
Thanks, Curtis
Casting any other metal than lead is not advisable unless you have the proper skills and equipment. Tungsten has a melting point of about 3400 degrees celsius, ten times higher than lead. There is no way a hobbyist can cast anything from it. You can buy tungsten carbide balls, but those are really expensive.
If anyone is on a budget (once you get free lead) you can easily heat the lead molten in an old cast-iron pan over a camp fire (most small pans even have a pouring lip built in) ... when I was a kid we used to recover lead like this (from wheel weights and bullets), make ingots and sell it to the scrap yard.
You can avoid bodily lead contamination by wearing gloves and avoiding inhaling any fumes (and of course always working outdoors).
hey Joerg I have a question for you, and that is do you know if it is possible to make 4.5 mm steel shots. Just asking and if you do please tell me how, I have been looking for ever on how to make them but could never find it out. If you find out please let me know and thank you.
P.S. great videos I watch them all the time:)
his head shines with so much intelligence!
Just wondering if a dimpled steel ball (like what you see in a golf ball) works better than the normal smooth surface steel balls. Joerg, can you test it out?
6:00 his head is shining like a diamond
Does the same company make molds for shaped projectiles? I'm looking to make a big bore airgun, and having a professionally made mold for the ammo would be very useful.
5:39 shiny head...
So question, what do you do with the impurities? Do you dispose of them,and how would you do so? Or can you just remelt it?
if you have different metals, can you use them as well? Ik some have higher merlting points but there are shootable metals out there more efficient than lead like tungsten, its just a thought but could it work?
thank you for your videos i purchased this lead mould on the strength of your review and i am 100 percent happy with it. i love all your videos i think it is because you look like an aggressive muscle shark but you are also well spoken and intelligent. i like the scary face you pull just after every shot you let off. please keep up the fantastic work. also do you sell any of the slingshots that you make
i would love to add one to my new collection. thank you for you time, andrew form England
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5:56 Yes u have been dubbed the "Slingshot God" by all angels everywhere!
Lol at the end the sunlight is bouncing of your head:) love your vids
love your videos. always educational and entertaining. however the glare was just killing me! just kidding. :)
That fire extinguisher looked normal sized until Jörg picked it up hahahaha.
oh and huge fan of your sling shots
Wenn ich drinnen gearbeitet hätte und mehr als 30 Minuten, dann hätte ich sicher auch eine Mase getragen. Bei den paar Kugeln und im Freien war's schon OK. Es wäre sonst auch schwer gewesen, beim Giessen verständlich zu reden.
Sir, did you sell this weight molde? Please tell me where I can find and buy.
Are there other metals which work as well as lead for this? I think lead is pretty much illegal over here
Saint Joerg the Blacksmith !! making bullets and stuff
How difficult would it be to make a lead ball that would explode upon hitting a hard surface?
i am very interested in this mold, i have been casting with a size 1 fishing sinker mold which is 11mm but there is alot of clean up work with pliers after, i have been looking at the 000 buckshot mold on ebay which is about 9mm i think, im thinking 16mm might be abit big.
Do you have to pre-heat the mould a little?
may i ask what is your prefered ammo size? and do you prefer steel ball or lead?
Myself, I'd also wear an approved filter respirator when melting lead. Even if it is outside, and make sure to wash your hands after handling lead.
5:39 - Shiny Head :P
what was the crucible that you were using?
i was wondering, could you make steel balls out of solder?
Just curious how tungsten is more efficient than lead for making sling shot ammo? Are you really Lex Luther?
Hints
A match head size piece of beeswax will flux the impurities out and about half teaspoon of borax will reduce oxidation after it has been fluxed.
I cast for muzzleloader (pure lead) and modern firearms (alloy, wheel weights).
do you prefer to buy ammo or make it yourself?
which machine you use for smelting aluminum, as it is called ...? I want one of those
If safety is a concern bismuth and tin are good alternatives and have a low enough melting point for the pot. Both are much less hazardous to wildlife and the enviroment, Also the hunter that plans to eat what they hunt with the slingshot. Some autoshops have the heavy metals in the scrap bins and sometimes give it away.
Joerg, the slingshot saint.
Wearing protective clothes is a good idea, especially on your lower extremities in case of the melt pot getting tipped over. I wear thick wool Swedish Army pants and heavy boots when casting.
I think it would be fun to make silicone balls with this thing. You should try it.
I do have a facebook account, but every time I visit the site I see lots of stuff that I have no interest in. I must be too old for this.
Wäre es möglich mal auszuprobieren wie gut man mit Kugeln aus Eis schiessen kann ?
Würde mich echt mal interessieren.
5:40 look at the shine on his head! Oh, and Joerg, It's obvious you are German, and live in Germany, and speak German, but is English a second language? Did you learn it later on in life or as you were growing up? You are really fluent in it, and I was wondering how long it took you?
Was hälst du eigentlich von Keramik oder Hartgummi Kugeln?
he has a shiny head 5:40
shine little star
What polish do you use on your head?
6:00 dude your head is brighter then my future
Dude you really like cats :D ... keep on the good work, greetings from Serbia ....
5:51 that head... so shiney
Is ur head glaring at the end?
I have the same pot. Works well.
try sinker molds have many sizes and shapes
Joerg Sprave, Patron Saint of Slingshots and Ingenuity
Where did u get the thing to heat it up? (I forgot what it is called)
To get lead you can burn a car battery on a normal open fire after draining the acid. You don't see much lead comming out but you find a solid lump of cold lead in the ash pan the next day.
Great video. Well done.
Where did you get your electric pot?...I can't seem to find one
It's a Lee, you can get it just about anywhere. Ebay is a good source.
Your head started to shine towards the end of the video...
Yes me and my friend laughed so hard
Hi were can I get one of these moulds
Mohicalo. That's a cross between mohican and halo, just in case you didn't understand. :)
am i the only one who notices the little shimmer at the top of his head neer the end
The sun beaming on his bald head
is it possible to use a ball sinker mould?
there is something wrong with the website on the description
You could even put a straightened paperclip down the middle of the mold to make a hole for fishing sinkers !
yet another excellent video
would like to make my own shot but the £90.oo price on these moulds is a little out of my league
still found some moulds for 1/10 of the price in the fishing section on e-bay
11mm-30mm sinker moulds 10 per fill for £9.99 made by bob cat
I live in Hythe but the shop that sells slingshots has shut down
It sounds like an excellent heavy metal band. And it actually is😁🤪
You might want to pre-heat the mold before you start casting. Just place the corner of the mold into the molten lead for a minute or so.
Where did you get the melting pot? What is it called?
What about using bees wax and how do you use it.
5:46 Lol your head is shining! xd
What is your decontamination procedure for the impurity cleaning tools?
WalrusJones No such thing. I simply use them until they are too far gone, then in the trash they go.
Ah. So I would need to find items which I didn't care about the lifespan of.
Regardless, a mold like this is very much interesting, as someone who uses a different kind of sling (the classical spinning/on a staff kind.) - Of course, I wish it came with an almond shape setting.
+JoergSprave With a some reinforcing and modification, you could turn that mold into a slingshot pouch for a big slingshot like that shotgun slingshot you made five years ago but MUCH BIGGER.
+WalrusJones Staff slings are awesome, made some and played around with many years ago now. Used parts of the Bayeux tapestry for reference. Shot mostly natural stones from the railroad, but also experimented a bit with almond shaped projectiles made from clay :)
The only annoying parts about putting together a Fustibalus is getting the release cord right.
What kind of casting furnace is that?
where did you get the pot from
5:40 THAT HEAD SO SHINY :D!! Good To Know He's A Clean Boy :D
*pushes up glasses* ITS MOLD JOERG, JEEZ
Wow his head was shining that's cool but yea I need one of those meters where can I find one :/