Originally Posted by
Voidmonster
How I make wedges:
First, you don't wanna use lead. It's oxidation products come off really easily, and it will oxidize enthusiastically.
I use a tin/bismuth solder I picked up off ebay a zillion years ago, but the Sheffield folks used pewter. Probably relatively low-grade pewter at that (which had some lead in it).
To make wedges with the stuff, get a cheapo teflon coated cookie sheet with a lip around the edge. The trick is to figure out the angle. I don't know it off the top of my head, but you can measure it off some old razors. Prop your cookie sheet up so it creates that angle, then just use a propane torch to drip some metal into the sheet at the end. Once it's cooled, peel it off and trim it to fit.