Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
lead is crazy easy to work with. I have a roll of fat lead that I got from the tackle department at the store. Drip it onto the tail of the vice with a torch and then hammer it into a wedge. It is very easy to cut the wedge with wire cutter and finish it with a rasp or coarse file. It will plug the file up easily but comes out easily too. Try it it is cheap and easy if you don't agree not much lost.
RezDog is right, it is so easy to work with. I can make a lead wedge in just minutes. I have old wheel weights & I cut a piece off & I hammer it on the anvil part of my vise into a wedge shape. I then cut it with wire cutters & then file it to size, sand & polish it & the same can be done with aluminum. I make brass wedges also, same way! I sometimes have to use my belt sander on that sometimes in rare cases but you can still hammer brass into a wedge & form it, file it, sand it smooth, then polish it.