Just curious about making some jig heads..

[Jigmaker0421]

Okay guys..time for a dumb question. would it be possible to use a jig mold and make your jig out of solder like an ice jig but just do it using like a ball head mold???

 

[Fatman]

You could but lead is alot cheaper than solder

 

[hookup]

Gotta watch out to because there's acid based solder & resin based.

Not sure if the acid base is good on alum molds.

 

[Hawnjigs]

And, the fumes from acid core are DANGEROUS and will corrode nearby metal thru air transport. Resin core will float on a melt and best blotted off with paper towels to avoid stinky smoke. Personally, I've found most solders impossible to pour closed mold small jig heads with pot & ladle.

 

[Jigmaker0421]

Okay thanks guys, i just was curious cause i make a lot of ice jigs with solder and ice blades and had a lot of solder i found cheap at a yard sale and didnt have any lead pouring equipment and wasnt sure how much it would cost to get into it

 

[Hawnjigs]

What kind of solder? The nearly pure tin variety might pour small jig heads, but the leaded type wouldn't for me.

I've gone thru a coupla hundred lbs., mostly SnPb 60-40 & 50-50 bars, for adding tin to lead. But, I've used wire remnant scrap lots and while the resin core was useful after clean up, no way I'll ever process acid core again.

 

[Jigmaker0421]

Its 60/40