New ways to use hole punches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEdVIxeXXM&t=80s
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New ways to use hole punches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzEdVIxeXXM&t=80s
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When using hole punches a lot depends on what is under the material that is being punched. I was taught to use a piece of wood w/the end grain up, other people I know use a a slab of lead.
I've done both, and both for leatherwork and metalwork. A lead block, IMO, is better, as you can re-melt the lead when you feel the surface is too messy. Use wood shavings and maybe a bit paraffin wax for a flux, and skim the bits of metal or charred leather out, let it cool, and you're good to go. I use an old US GI Mess Kit with the folding handle as a mold. End grain wooden blocks work as well, except that they wear out. You can only shave them down so far before they don't work anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by katy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QepMwWqJo That style. I would not use it for food service after using it to melt lead, btw. I use a Coleman stove outdoors for the heat source. Do NOT have any water around the pan when you're melting the lead, as you're likely to get a visit from what reloaders call "the Lead Fairy". I guarantee you wouldn't like that. It's called a steam explosion, and it throws molten lead all over the place.
Bill