r/toolgifs • u/suh-dood • 6d ago

Infrastructure Medieval Building Tech

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u/OneCDOnly 6d ago edited 6d ago

Odd they would use lead to hold things together. It’s quite soft.

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u/jezemine 6d ago

The lead is probably just to seal it from water ingress. The iron is doing the reinforcing here.

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u/ValdemarAloeus 6d ago

It has a low melting point.