Re: Where does everybody get their weights?

Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:07 am

eochailjake wrote:I bought the gemini system 100 box with the mould / I found that for about 18-20 euro worth of lead from my local hardware i can make about 50-60 euro worth of lead weights i.e. about 30 150 g leads (which in the shops are about 1.50 each). of course the number of leads will be less if i make say 200g sinkers.




Your not nearly saving as much as you should be using that type of mould when you take into account how much they charge for the screw in bits and the gass you use to heat the lead... Me thinks you should make friends with a few more people preferably the new friends should work on building sites,

If you dont make friends easy then you should pop along to your friendly scrap yard dealer and pay a lot less also i would dump that mould you have in favour of one that you can put any wire into this way you save on bits and you can use soft or stiff wires that your new friends find around the site,

I get my lead free and was thinking about getting the same mould that you use but when i worked it out i felt i wasnt going to save much after buying all the bits so i sacked the idea and saved a lot more money as i dont need to keep buying bits and paying postage.

Re: Where does everybody get their weights?

Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:40 pm

I had one of those moulds a while back and being a good samaritan i loaned it to someone and it was never returned. But it was definitely cheaper to be able to use any suitable wire etc.

Re: Where does everybody get their weights?

Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:30 pm

I got them of that nice man in Balscadden for 50cent and he threw a few in for free :D and his feathers are only 1-50 8)