there is no such thing as a safe level of lead exposure any amount will negatively effect your mental state to some degree it is possible to work with lead safely, but if you aren't washing your hands after handling it you will absolutely have some amount of exposure
>>2994158 Don't buy it if you don't absolutely need it. I deal with lead all the time at work for radiation shielding and it has a biological half life in the brain of 2-3 years, so you can absolutely notice the cognitive effects from bioaccumulation. Also if you drop it and the edge hits you, you will get cut and bleed,happened to me last week.
Bismuth is similar to lead in it's density & malleability without being toxic. Tin is another option for a soft metal, although not nearly as soft as lead or bismuth. Could also just use solder.
>>2994172 >Aluminum sheets don't fold like lead does bro if that's your main concern when picking a raw material then you shouldn't be working with materials at all. What you want is the process that will turn whatever material of choice into your product - it doesn't matter if it's bendable or not, it's not fucking playdough
>>2994158 Bunch of fucking retards in this thread thinking lead is some kind of magic negative aura emitting element.
It's metal, it doesn't just absorb into your body, not even if you rub your blood all over it and roll around in it. If you live in an old house your pipes are likely soldered with lead, if you live in an old city the water is probably delivered by lead pipes. Even the food that was sealed in lead soldered cans was safe as long as it wasn't wet and acidic. You can still buy lead all over the place for various uses.
Obviously making toys out of lead is not a good idea, some kid is going to stick it in his mouth. Get pewter, tin, zamak or whatever and cast your gay little dolls out of it.
>>2994204 Enough that it turned me gay. Before I started working with lead, I was straight as an arrow. After getting cut with it a few times, I started craving cock.
>>2994158 It is dangerous, and you need to inoculate yourself against by injecting small amounts of pellets of it into your bloodsream at high velocity. Most people start small, with something like a .177 pellet, then move up to pellets that are 22/1000ths of an inch, but the big-time inner-city boys who are always nagging each other don't waste their time on the small stuff: they go right for those 9mm pellets. Of course, if you're truly serious about preventing any chance of bio-accumulation over time, I suggest you go straight to the guaranteed-to-last-the-rest-of-your-life cranial inoculation with 12-guage pellets; no chance of continuing accumulation, and shortly after that inoculation, you are protected forever.