Recommendations to cut lead

[RooftopKorean]

I made the mistake of buying large bars of lead for my slug casting endeavors.

I tried to use a hacksaw and bandsaw but it doesn't work too well.

Any recommendations to chop these suckers down? They are too large for my pot.

 

[kev74]

How about a band saw with more aggressive teeth, like a wood blade. That's what I used to cut zinc ingots.

A miter saw with a carbide wood blade would buzz through like nothing. I would clamp the ingot in place and keep hands clear.

 

[FP1201]

Hatchet or Axe with a Hammer to drive the cutting edge through?
If you have a torch, maybe even a hotter one using Mapp gas, you might be able to melt it in two.

 

[Acer-m14]

got a table saw ?

A carbide blade will cut alum plate ..

should cut right thru lead like it butter

 

[Acer-m14]

PS .. a blow torch and melt the bar a little at a time into a muffin pan

drip drip drip

put on a welders glove

 

[Deplorable Me]

Hammer and chisel. You're basically shearing it. As you're sawing the friction basically melts the lead, then it cools and refuses. Same for copper and other soft metals.

 

[Robin]

Depending on the size of the chunk I use everything from an axe and a hand mall to hammer and chisel.
Robin

 

[spat]

I made the mistake of buying large bars of lead for my slug casting endeavors.

I tried to use a hacksaw and bandsaw but it doesn't work too well.

Any recommendations to chop these suckers down? They are too large for my pot.

Don't want to saw, you don't want lead sawdust laying around, plus it wastes some lead.

If the bar is small enough, just snip it with a big pair of bolt cutters. A pair of 42" bolt cutters is just $35 at harbor freight, and the jaws open to 7/8"

If not, then just melt it down in an old sauce pan over a propane burner and then pour it into a cupcake pan for molds.

 

[dwa12479]

Know anyone with a log splitter?

 

[C3D]

Don't want to saw, you don't want lead sawdust laying around, plus it wastes some lead.

This! You are contaminating everything with sawing it, including the tools you use. Plus you are aerosolizing lead that you will inhale!

 

[fresch]

Harbor freight big hammer drill with a cutting tip/s

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[ManualF150]

A friend who ran into this problem made a slicer (similar to the wood splitter idea) on his bench vice.

You don't want to use saws to cut lead. Wastes it plus it makes it airborne like folks said.

 

[Acer-m14]

dont cut it .. air born lead .. pew pew pew air born lead ..



picking on ya all ..

LOL ..