no roll sinkers: i made these...

Howard Loc: Northern Va

i made these

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

Howard wrote:

i made these

Nice...be really careful with handling lead in terms of melting it and handling. It doesn't take much of an exposure getting on your hands with things you touch that has lead on it to cause some health issues you would never attribute to lead in your system.

What's the red stuff on them?

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

woodguru wrote:

Nice...be really careful with handling lead in terms of melting it and handling. It doesn't take much of an exposure getting on your hands with things you touch that has lead on it to cause some health issues you would never attribute to lead in your system.

What's the red stuff on them?

Think about how much lead is in our system wood, from years of exposure to it from copper plumbing.

Some how we made it this far. But i see your point, one just doesn't know when too much is too much until it's to late.

Howard Loc: Northern Va

glare from the table

Howard Loc: Northern Va

they all are shiney silver....use rubber gloves when making them

OLDNDN Loc: Merced County, Calif.

woodguru wrote:

Nice...be really careful with handling lead in terms of melting it and handling. It doesn't take much of an exposure getting on your hands with things you touch that has lead on it to cause some health issues you would never attribute to lead in your system.

What's the red stuff on them?

I wonder how many of us have used there teeth to close a split shot while waded out river fishing. For me it was easier than grabbing the pliers.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

plumbob wrote:

Think about how much lead is in our system wood, from years of exposure to it from copper plumbing.

Some how we made it this far. But i see your point, one just doesn't know when too much is too much until it's to late.

The really mild versions of slight lead exposure might never be noticed, but it affects memory and thought processing, things we associate with old age, Lol

I have to watch mercury because of a large number of amalgam fillings that deteriorated my whole life and added a constant trace of mercury to my system.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

OLDNDN wrote:

I wonder how many of us have used there teeth to close a split shot while waded out river fishing. For me it was easier than grabbing the pliers.

Me, too many times to count...then opening them to take them off to change them.

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Nice 👍

Callturkey Loc: Pennsylvania

Nice!!!! I haven't seen any of those in years

DC Loc: Washington state

OLDNDN wrote:

I wonder how many of us have used there teeth to close a split shot while waded out river fishing. For me it was easier than grabbing the pliers.

or how many of us use to play with mercury at home and in school and jet somehow we have made it to old age with out any noticeable effects ...ok there is that 3rd eye and 6th stubby finger that appeared but that's just the effects of old age right

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

DC wrote:

or how many of us use to play with mercury at home and in school and jet somehow we have made it to old age with out any noticeable effects ...ok there is that 3rd eye and 6th stubby finger that appeared but that's just the effects of old age right

I used mercury in my early 20's at the glassblowing shop I worked at in mercury diffusion vacuum pumps. We had jars of it, and I held some in my hand a few times, way more than the little bit that's in a thermometer, got some on my gold ring and wore it for awhile and got a ring of nasty little blisters, and undoubtedly a high exposure to mercury in my system.

It affected me neurologically, affected balance such as not being able to stand on ladders without losing orientation, crashed a car in a corner losing orientation, almost crashed a motorcycle in a corner which ended my motorcycle racing, just had no balance. I worked in Palo Alto and had access to Stanford medical where they had top experts in heavy metals toxicity or I'd have had a heck of a time figuring out what was up. They had Chelation protocols that helped safely detoxify and get rid of some of the mercury in my system. That is a seriously complicated thing, and dangerous because it displaces where the mercury accrues and can allow it to go to the brain instead of where it's at.

Callturkey Loc: Pennsylvania

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Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

plumbob wrote:

Think about how much lead is in our system wood, from years of exposure to it from copper plumbing.

Some how we made it this far. But i see your point, one just doesn't know when too much is too much until it's to late.

I just did Bob. Lead sinkers lead bullets lead to solder. I molded my own sinkers for fishing bullets for my old muzzleloaders reloaded my shotgun shells. Lead n jute rope on water mains in Fredrick city in the 70's. Not to mention I also was one of those kids that thought playing with mercury was fun. Think of all the lead our grandparents n great grandparents dealt with 👍

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Grizzly 17 wrote:

I just did Bob. Lead sinkers lead bullets lead to solder. I molded my own sinkers for fishing bullets for my old muzzleloaders reloaded my shotgun shells. Lead n jute rope on water mains in Fredrick city in the 70's. Not to mention I also was one of those kids that thought playing with mercury was fun. Think of all the lead our grandparents n great grandparents dealt with 👍

Never got into mercury myself Griz, so un aware what it was capable of. However i do recall how paranoid people got when lead free solder came out.

At first it was a little learning curve using it and actually had home owners check my roll of solder when doing repairs that it was un leaded. Little did they understand the rest of the house was leaded solder.

Was asked a few times about using it vs CPVC piping. I would say how do you want to die? From lead solder that has been around long before us or from what ever CPVC glue is breaking down and putting into your pipes.

I could just see the wheels turning on that one.