![]() And too often the specific weight of the finished lead isn’t even close to that claimed. These cheaper metal amalgams are also prone to rapid wear and suffer excessive oxidisation (appearance of gritty white powder). In such instances molten lead first runs into gaps forming edge flashing soon spilling straight out the back of the mould as the temperature increases further. Cheap aluminium alloys are par for the course these absorb too much heat too quickly, causing the mould to distort after just a few pours. Despite normal means of assisting release, leads habitually stick in the moulds needing to be dug out with a suitable implement, which is inefficient, ridiculously time-consuming and potentially dangerous. Many moulds spring from the roughest ‘sand cast’ templates and are poorly finished. Pretenders and producers of the majority of these moulds might believe them to be of an acceptable quality, but the truth is most are far from it.Įxperienced lead makers who have trialled such pathetic moulds know that the list of shortcomings is frightening. Choice has been largely limited to inferior shapes/designs, poorly formed eBay DCA impostors, and blatant cheap copies of various DCA originals by another tackle company. ![]() Since DCA moulds went out of business some years ago lead moulds of similar quality have been hard to find. Who better then to run the rule over the very latest CNC beach lead moulds from UK HOOKS. 6.4K The Planet Sea Fishing squad make mountains of lead weights and owns more moulds than you can shake a rod butt at. ![]()
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