"Lobster" wrote in message
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I recently attempted to convert 1 kg of old lead piping in my 'scrap'
store
into a nice neat 1 kg weight for exercising a damaged shoulder. Was
trying to make a cylindrical shape; I know naff-all about casting but
melted it down on my gas hob in a baked-bean can, with the aid of a
blowlamp. Wrongly hoping that it would not be hot enough to melt a
plastic wastepipe, I then poured the molten lead into a short length of
it,
which promptly splayed outwards providing me with a very mishappen
plastic-
encased lump of lead! It does weight 1 kg at least; but I'd like to have
another crack at it.

Other than the obvious, searching for a length of suitable metal pipe to
use as a mould, anyone got any better ideas? (bearing in mind my level of
expertise and available kit?!)

Just let it set in the baked bean can.

Might as well leave the can around it, that way its easier to grip.