"Bud" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:41 -0700, "charlie"
wrote:
"Jason Dobbins" wrote in message
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I am in the process of trying to make a 12"x12" leaded box composed of
two
1/8" lead sheets, each 12"x48". The problem I'm having is trying to work
with the sheets. I already had the dimensions of the box and was trying
to
bend each part of the sheet in place, but this has proven extremely
difficult. Lead is a lot more inflexible at this thickness than I
thought
it would be. Any advice? One option I've been trying to think of is a
form that I could wrap and bang the lead around, but the form would have
to
be pretty dense I would think. Looking for the simplest solution here as
I'm already stuck with the sheets and cannot return them (I would
naturally
have chosen 1/32" thickness and built up layers if I knew the difficulty
I
was going to have).

Thanks in advance,
J. Dobbins

shear it square and solder up the edges?

Yup. That's how I did it when I decided that I needed a place to hide
my kryptonite.


Are you going after Superman? Or are you "allergic" to the stuff?