kfellmy Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Well it happened. I just got back from the burn center (luckily it is only three blocks away). Got done pouring sinkers and went to get the other mold I needed to pour more sinkers. I put the mold back that I just used and while going through the molds to get the one I needed. BAM! I picked up the one I just put back. So I grabbed the aluminum part of the Do-It mold BARE HANDED. Mold was 450-500 degrees. So now here I sit with my fingers bandaged and hurting. Got some good pain killers so I can't sit here and drink a beer. Life sucks. Doc says to take a week off from making sinkers (and I have 5000 sinkers to deliver on Friday-that I am not going to get made.) Worst of all when I was at the Wal-greens I had to get creme for the itching that will come. Best stuff was the jock itch and/or feminine itch creme. I am dating the cashier at Wal-Greens so you can imagine the looks and snickering I was getting. It's a sad day. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lure--Prof Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I know it's small consolation, but I'll bet you never do that again. Maybe too, your experience will serve as a cautionary tale for others. I can imagine how much you'd liked to have had a do-over on that grab! Best wishes for a healing hand! Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeter Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 I know that it hurts. But I am just thankful that you are ok. You can be thankful that you will be back to pouring again soon. Hope you heal quickly. Skeeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 It's good that you were not hurt any worse. I think anyone who has poured lead has a "burn" story. Just goes with the territory. It's like the saying " it's not if, it's when and how bad". Oh; can you read "Do-it" in your hand? Just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigmaster Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 done that. It hurts. I devised a simple process to reduce the potential of doing it again.........depending on how your storage system is set up......I have two different areas where I store molds......one is a simple pegboard, which is located in a different area than where Ipour.......this is where I store molds that are used less often.......the more frequently used molds are literally lined up against the back of the pouring table....leaning up against the wall........HANDLES UP! When I finish pouring with a mold, I place the hot mold to the left of the row of molds......that way, I always know that the molds on the left have the POTENTIAL of still being hot....i.e DONT TOUCH!....rather than placing it in with the rest of the cold molds. The other thing that I have done, is to place a 2'x2' sheet of aluminum on the table on the side of the pot.........put hot heads on the aluminum after removing from mold.......the aluminum will help to suck the heat out of the lead quicker. I also have a small piece of aluminum off to the side, where I will place the mold after using......the aluminum will help to cool the mold quicker......I learned the hard way (the HOT way).....it aint pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 man i feel for ya. i have a nice lead burn scar on my arm. heal quik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfellmy Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 I have a watery mouse today. Took the bandages off and popped the blisters. When ever I press hard on the mouse water shoots out of the hole that I poked in my skin. LOL. Pain is gone. I can touch the blisters and it doesn't hurt. Though yesterday I did look really stupid holding that ice cube on four of my fingers...with the pinky extended. I will be back pouring sinkers over the weekend. I did manage to tie 400 skirts to some oddball heads that I bought on ebay. I am a living rubber/hand tie skirt man. No silicone skirts or skirt factory skirts. Don't know what I am gonna do when I run out of living rubber. I like the bouncy-ness of it better than silicone. I know pouring sinkers is lame, but it gets me in the door to bait shops. Then I can show them my spoons, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Sinkers take up a lot of my time. One bait shop ordered 1000 one pound bank sinkers. Sweet. But I can only make them one at a time. 80 cents per sinker equals 800 bucks for me. Ahh the beauty of living in an area that has saltwater and freshwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I have a watery mouse today. Took the bandages off and popped the blisters. When ever I press hard on the mouse water shoots out of the hole that I poked in my skin. LOL.Pain is gone. I can touch the blisters and it doesn't hurt. Though yesterday I did look really stupid holding that ice cube on four of my fingers...with the pinky extended. I will be back pouring sinkers over the weekend. I did manage to tie 400 skirts to some oddball heads that I bought on ebay. I am a living rubber/hand tie skirt man. No silicone skirts or skirt factory skirts. Don't know what I am gonna do when I run out of living rubber. I like the bouncy-ness of it better than silicone. I know pouring sinkers is lame' date=' but it gets me in the door to bait shops. Then I can show them my spoons, spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Sinkers take up a lot of my time. One bait shop ordered 1000 one pound bank sinkers. Sweet. But I can only make them one at a time. 80 cents per sinker equals 800 bucks for me. Ahh the beauty of living in an area that has saltwater and freshwater.[/quote']That's anickle an ounce. In the 50's I used to pay 2 cents an ounce, retail, but that was when a new car was under 2G's and a house was under 20 g's. No wonder you're so busy pouring sinkers. What do they sell them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfellmy Posted October 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 get my lead at a secret place for 10 cents a pound. Most places down here want 20 cents on up to 35 cents an ounce. Whether it is wheel weights or good soft plumber's lead...it is all the same price. So I make 80 cents a pound back on my money. Yes I am busy during season (which for retailers has already started). I have 42 bait shops; 9 flea market dealers; 8 fishing pier shops; 6 guides (so far-working hard to improve this number); and 5 party boats (big bucks from these). I like making spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and spoons much more than sinkers but only get to make lures for a short time every year. Mainly I make 5 gallon buckets full of all my sinkers sizes (except 1/4 and 1/8-I don't sell that many of them). I fill the buckets twice during season (from now until Easter). PS-fingers are unbandaged and doc says I can resume making sinkers so long as I use gloves until the skin under the blisters heals up. So while I was taking a break this week I played some online poker and won almost a thousand bucks. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Ouch! Sorry to hear you were injured and I hope you heal quickly and thoroughly. Allow me to recount my similar episode. In July of this year, I was in the basement applying a second coat of etex during my lunch break. I was very preoccupied with the events of the day and thinking about the things I had to do upon returning to work... I grabbed the heat gun and was smoothing the etex bubbles from a crankbait, when the phone rang...unfortunately I had a lure in one hand and the heat gun in the other...No problem, I would simply tuck the heat gun under my arm and grab the phone.. As you can imagine, placing the well-fired, red-hot, heat gun under the arm against that rather sensitive area next to the bicep is a rather bad idea. Well, the heat gun quite firmly contacted that sensitive area of the upper-arm flesh, a distinctive and memorable searing effect took place, and...most simultaneously...I had an epiphany. Yes, my friends, at that very moment, it became crystal clear that it was probably a poor idea to use a heat gun when your mind is on other things. But I'm no dummy; I only left the heat gun against the aforementioned tender fleshy area for but a brief moment. Immediately thereafter, a cloud of unrehearsed but very articulate and colorful profanity ensued, which still hangs in my basement to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfellmy Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 OUCH Now that I am healed up and ready to go...I can't make sinkers and/or lures. Time to batten down the hatches Wilma is on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 now that is pain.get well soon.i no what you mean.i was burnt pretty bad working for a plumber.we were pouring lead into cast iron pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidowMaker Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 Whats really bad is when you have callouses on your fingertips and you pick up a piece of hot lead. You dont realize its hot lead until its already started cooking whats underneath the callouses. I was once talking to my boss when a guy walked up to ask him for a job. He was a nervous wreck.....a young guy who hadnt yet learned to deal with the pressure of asking for a job. He dropped his cigarette and reached down to pick it up and then put the fire to his lips. He was a tough kid though. He hardly batted an eye as we both stood there and watched one heck of a blister coming up on his bottom lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
