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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokinfun" data-source="post: 3085288" data-attributes="member: 28113">I don't want to screw up your ad, but I'm going to comment anyway.I have considered the same thing you are considering, knowing if my lead is of the correct hardness.I thought I would just use a ball bearing and a small clamp to press into my lead.Then compare it to a ball bearing pressed into some lyman number 2 alloy.I would not care what the actual hardness is, I only care if it is near the hardness of the number 2 alloy.I guess you could weld a nut to the end of the C-Clamp bolt to use a 1/4 inch torque wrench for  consistent pressure.</blockquote>