Heavy showers and TS storms rolled in about 5PM, coast to coast and expected well into the midnight hour.
  I'll prolly saw logs shortly anyway. More of the same tomorrow.   

Marshal,  could you post a photo of it in use?  Trying to get an idea of how it’s used.

I am going to use it to burnish the back side of a project where a smooth flesh side is desired. In the photo I'm burnishing the back of a scrap by rubbing it with Gum Trag.

Marshal,  could you post a photo of it in use?  Trying to get an idea of how it’s used.

Thanks, That's what I THOUGHT you did, but I'm not gifted with artistic ability.  Another trick I found was to buy the very sort art pencils and draw lines, again holding the penvil at a low angle.  The softer pencils don't leave a gouge and can be erased easily.

Later

Hello, 6thmissp/Joel:

The NRA published a comprehensive book, CAST BULLETS, in 1979, and CAST BULLETS SUPPLIMENT NO. 1, in 1981 and 1987, both by E. H. Harrison. The info in these is exceptional and is, practically speaking, the "last word". I have seen faulty, incomplete and misleading info on Forums and even in loading manuals. Short of metallurgical engineering, all you need to know about casting lead bullets is in that book and its suppliment.

Since you have a variety of metals, rather than trying to create a specific alloy, perhaps starting with a mix of three pounds pure and one pound of lino will get you close enough.

The widely suggested simple test for ample hardness, that I incorrectly used for years, was to use my thumbnail to see if it would or not not scratch an indent on the test cast bullet ogive or flat on its base. The book recites on page 102, that this method is useless on hardened alloys.  So, I will email you a chart from it on page 30, showing alloy composition versus Brinnell hardness.

The composition of wheelweights has changed to include some other metals such as zinc and cadmium that will contaminate a pot of metal.  They cannot be fluxed out. Old lino is nominally 24BHn (Brinnel hardness) and pure lead is around 5BHn.  Cutting the lino with pure will drop the BHn to around the desired 16BHn, which is the same as NEW lyman #2 alloy. That will be ok, providing the as-cast bullet diameter is above your groove diameter plus .001" so it can be sized TO groove OD plus .001.  If the as-cast bullet is too small, add more lino to reduce shrinkage.

This subject can put us into brainlock, so please call me if you wish.

I modified this Post to include the NRA CAST BULLETS HANDBOOK. Smiles.
El Supremo/Kevin Tinny