Re: New .45acp mold
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:34 am
I used to own a Non Destructive Testing company specializing in Xray
We built our own Xray booths and boxes which were essentially Lead lined Plywood boxes and rooms
We used 1/4 in sheet lead 4ft x 4ft
The best tool we found for cutting it was circular saw with carbide blade
just dont swallow or breath the dust
We got the lead when In the 80s a Defense contractor went out of business in FT worth and I went over to bid on and buy some xray equpment
One of the machines we bought was sold in the xray room it was in - we essentially bought the machine, the room and its contents
It was approximately 20x25x15 foot high room that was lined in these lead sheets. up to 3 layers
Each sheet is 4'x4" and weighed 256 lbs
we realized the lead was more valuable than the xray machine and proceeded to start figuring out how to dismantle it and move it
We couldn't lift the sheets and had no forklift onsite so we folded the sheets 3 ways and stuck a bar through them to allow 2 people to carry them to the semi
That was an exhausting 2 days
The trouble is once we got them to our shop we couldn't get the sheets flat again... we tried driving over them - nothing worked
Finally rented a vibrating asphalt roller to get them flat again
think we ended up with 50,000 lbs of lead sheets... Wish I still had them since they are worth $500 each plus shipping
http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/lea ... 6pound.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
We built our own Xray booths and boxes which were essentially Lead lined Plywood boxes and rooms
We used 1/4 in sheet lead 4ft x 4ft
The best tool we found for cutting it was circular saw with carbide blade
just dont swallow or breath the dust
We got the lead when In the 80s a Defense contractor went out of business in FT worth and I went over to bid on and buy some xray equpment
One of the machines we bought was sold in the xray room it was in - we essentially bought the machine, the room and its contents
It was approximately 20x25x15 foot high room that was lined in these lead sheets. up to 3 layers
Each sheet is 4'x4" and weighed 256 lbs
we realized the lead was more valuable than the xray machine and proceeded to start figuring out how to dismantle it and move it
We couldn't lift the sheets and had no forklift onsite so we folded the sheets 3 ways and stuck a bar through them to allow 2 people to carry them to the semi
That was an exhausting 2 days
The trouble is once we got them to our shop we couldn't get the sheets flat again... we tried driving over them - nothing worked
Finally rented a vibrating asphalt roller to get them flat again
think we ended up with 50,000 lbs of lead sheets... Wish I still had them since they are worth $500 each plus shipping
http://www.rotometals.com/product-p/lea ... 6pound.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;