Is this Linotype?

[Budmen]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_201164f806129d09fc.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=4727)

I can buy 300# but not sure if its lino?????

[imashooter2]

It isn't linotype. It might be mono or foundry type, but it's hard to tell... maybe if you took a picture from farther away? :kidding:

[GLL]

Appears to be monotype. If it is cheap buy ALL 300 pounds! GOOD STUFF ! :)

Jerry

http://www.fototime.com/F2A77C75A113C5C/orig.jpg

[Budmen]

He says its old lead casting letters from a press
0.68$ a pound im going to get it all

[runfiverun]

good idea.
mono letters.

[GLL]

He says its old lead casting letters from a press
0.68$ a pound im going to get it all

VERY good idea ! It is worth twice that price !

Almost 10% tin & 20% Antimony !!!!

Jerry

[bumpo628]

That is a hell of a price for monotype. It should have 9% tin, 19% antimony, 72% lead. Buy it all and figure out what to do with it later.

1 lb of monotype + 10 lbs of pure lead = alloy with 0.8% tin, 1.7% antimony
That will work well for something like 45acp.

That monotype is going to last a while.

[Budmen]

Being that I am only 28yrs old and only discovered my love for casting 2yrs ago I am stockpiling. I even built a shed with a special area for my lead ingots. At this time I am trying not to buy any lead but for mono or lino I can shell out a few bucks... Right now I have about 800# of soft lead 5-6 bhn but not pure and about 600# of ww all ingots. I have 15# of lino and now over 300# of mono. This is still a work in progress since lead is getting harder and harder to find so I figure atleast 1 ton of soft and 1 ton ww before I am satisfyed. All the alloys as much as I can find at great deals. I cast for 8mm, 30, 357, 45, 44, muzzleloaders, 45-70, 450 marlin about every lever or pistol I have. I have not ventured into casting for my rifles except the 8mm because I am in the process of making everyone I own a sub half MOA rifle on a sporter platform I only have 7 rifles to go 9 already are!!! Maybe when I get them all there Ill try casting and doing the same with the cast bullets......

[btroj]

Get that stuff. I am currently using 2 pounds monotype with 18 pounds of lead pipe for much of my shooting. Seems to be working quite well so far.

I would buy all that stuff for tha price. Use it sparingly. Use it wisely.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Yup. That`s monotype letters. Has anybody told you about the grey foam that happens on the pot when you melt mono? Sounds like you`re getting a nice stockpile of the different leads. Robert

[Defcon-One]

I agree, Monotype! Worth at least $1.50 per lb. to me, so I'd buy it all.

If you melt it down, flux with a good pine or hardwood sawdust! Or just add to you mix as is and flux.

[Sonnypie]

No, it is not.

This is a linotype:
Line O Type.

Hey, you asked for it. :bigsmyl2:

[bumpo628]

One more thing - I wouldn't melt it down into ingots.
Just use it in it's original form. That way if you trade it or sell it later people will see what they're getting.

[Budmen]

That was my original plan letters sell better than ingots but I dont think Ill let this go. But Hey You never know

[Ian Robertson]

It is foundry type. Lino is in lines that's why it is called lino and monotype was used for complex matter in small sizes. If it's individual letters the should be a makers logo or name moulded into each piece somewhere in the lightening slots.

[JohnFM]

That crate full of linotype I got part of yesterday had some pieces in it with the same cross section, but about 5 inches long.
I figured it was some other piece used in the linotype machine.

All that stuff I got was softer than I expected. I can mark it with a thumbnail on an edge without too much effort.

My Lee hardness tester is showing a hardness of around 12, so I don't quite know what the deal is.

[Budmen]

Well I bought all he had 344 lbs and made a deal on 464 lbs of wheel wieghts grand total $255 $250 for the lead a a fiver for the kid who helped me load it in my poor old car. Pretty good score!!! I figure $.66 a pound for mono and .11 for the wheel weights.... Have not checked it with the cabin tree yet but it is all big letters I figure its Mono but I will check it soon and report back.