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Many people who do not have a dedicated lead melting device melt lead on propane (outdoor) stoves in a pan. Many pour lead into wood...

I use an old aluminium saucepan with a plastic handle and heat on our kitchen gas hob. I've mainly cast into metal tubing to form...

I have done something very similar when wanting turned goblets to be more stable and useable or for little sculpture mounts. I would...

Is there enough depth in the base to just epoxy part of the coil into the recess? No heat required. You could always turn a disk to...

Easy to melt the lead, best done outside on a camping stove or similar, in a small old saucepan, bean tin etc. Not sure about pouring it...

A tin can with a handle of copper pipe (very) securely riveted on, plus a blow torch. You can form a lip in the rim of the can to help...

Buy some BB shot and UV Resin, both available on Amazon, no heating or flames needed, did this for a fly tying base, works well.

If you are worried about the wood burning, make an identical mould out of some other wood. Beeswax on the mould might help as well as...

The way I do this is to use an old tin can (eg baked beans etc) - shape the lip a bit to make a spout - heat it over a camping gaz...

I'd cut the lead up, rougthen it and glue in place with epoxy. But if you want to melt it you'll need a sand mold completely dry and...

I've got items two, three and four :ROFLMAO:

I would appreciate some advice. I made a figurine/sculpture for which I turned a conical base from ABW. The figurine connects via a 2mm...

Zinc alloy probably means they're made from aluminium or something comparably soft. Buy the carbon steel ones, they're so much better.

As other have noted, drying the cuttings from a large tree is no simple matter. There are many pitfalls (that woulda been a pun if it...

Medite is just one of several MDF brand options. There is a light weight MDF (it might be made by Medite but I'm not sure) available but...