Oh, a quart becasue I have to be sure my cast iron pot is big enough..

Posted By: Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff.
Date: 1/2/07 9:30a.m.

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In Response To: Got a table I use periodically. I got lead pigs, man. 50 lb'ers. :D (pic) (Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff.)

I've been casting small lead pieces over the years in the same pot on the 'hot' burner of a an old two burner hot plate I used to cook on when I lived in my 77 square foot apartment in the 'old days'. I've made lead ducks for drafting, small ingots from loose lead, etc. Actually, I made whales as I did my own design for them. My 400 lbs of lead pigs are left overs from days when I actually did stuff.

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Quart of lead weighs about 23 lbs.? -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 7:46a.m.

"A pint is a pound the world around" -- No-Kin Jones -- 1/2/07 8:52a.m.

You mean besides Great Britain it costs a pound to buy a pint? -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 9:21a.m.

A pint is 16oz. - A pound is 16oz. -- No-Kin Jones -- 1/2/07 11:19a.m.

Actually, 2 Quarts = 55#, best I can figure. -- No-Kin Jones -- 1/2/07 11:49a.m.

A pound of lead weighs more than a pound of feathers. -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:40p.m.

BUT.... -- Mike "Mikabee" Mac26s Victoria TX -- 1/3/07 11:29a.m.

The specific gravity of lead is 11.34 gm/cc... -- Russell -- 1/2/07 9:04a.m.

Got a table I use periodically. I got lead pigs, man. 50 lb'ers. -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 9:20a.m.

 Oh, a quart becasue I have to be sure my cast iron pot is big enough..   -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 9:30a.m.

" Got a table I use periodically." ROFLMAO -- Still Boatless -- 1/2/07 11:33a.m.

-- Noemi - Ensenada 20 -- 1/2/07 4:15p.m.

Hmmmm IIRC lead is 740 lbs per cubic foot. -- Still Boatless -- 1/2/07 9:18a.m.

Saw 708 for cast lead. Link to a fun table. -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 10:35a.m.

Yep, 23 pounds is very close -- Norm, MAC 22 KRUSE'N, MD -- 1/2/07 5:19p.m.