I think I'd better respond to some of the junk emails offering pharmaceuticals and buy some anabolic (ie bodybuilding) steriods before I try casting a decent sized lead castings off the stove. Still I do have a six pack. Or more accurately I had a six pack yesterday afternoon: there is only 1 tin left now >From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >I think the confusion may have arrisen due to your use of Pb to mean >Phosphor Bronze, instead of Plumb Bum (or however you spell lead). > >Yours, > > >Rich. > > >On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, alanjstepney wrote: > > > Tim, > > Lead is easy. > > One large cast saucepan, heated up on the gas stove. > > (While SWMBO is out!) > > > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > www.alanstepney.info > > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 9:08 PM > > Subject: [modeleng] Re: casting > > > > > > If you find someone let me know. > > > > It may be a dirty trick but I love to load my locos with lead ballast. >I've > > a hundredweight or more or of clean lead ready to be cast. > > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the >subject line. > > > > > >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.