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thekidd76
03-04-2013, 07:29 PM
A bunch of lead "bricks" for lack of a better term that I picked up are marked with the 564627 BWS. Any ideas? I can't find any reference that that series of numbers and letters online anywhere.
runfiverun
03-04-2013, 08:24 PM
could just be the lot number from being ordered.
thekidd76
03-04-2013, 09:05 PM
Yea...I was hoping I could track it back to where it came from, but I guess not. thanks for the info.
williamwaco
03-04-2013, 10:53 PM
Can you scratch them with your thumb nail?

If so they are almost pure.

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fcvan
03-05-2013, 12:30 AM
Those are actually projectiles for a "564627 Brick Weight Slinger" a portable catapult device :)
thekidd76
03-05-2013, 08:14 PM
I can scratch it with my nail, it kind of scratches some of the dark color off and exposes a more silver color. How deep of a scratch am i looking for?
runfiverun
03-05-2013, 09:15 PM
that'll do.
if your nail digs in it's pure.
all the bricks i have/had/or seen were about dead soft.
if you drop one it will go tuhd on the cement
white eagle
03-05-2013, 09:22 PM
probably some x-ray shielding
makes good bullets when mixed with tin or ww
good score
thekidd76
03-05-2013, 11:28 PM
Definitely a thud when it hits the ground...a 4" x 4" x 2" brick weighs ~13.5 lbs. So is that pure lead then? From what I read, .410lbs/sq inch, which is pretty close to that 13.5lbs. It definitely looks like it came from somewhere as either 4x4x2 or 8x4x2 bricks, each stamped with the number and letters mentioned in the initial post.

On the ww subject, was at one of the local tire shops today, and they said they are no longer using lead base stick on weights, and the ones they pull to replace are regulated and tracked throughout the disposal process by the EPA. So i guess i need to look for smaller mom and pop shops in the area.
MtGun44
03-06-2013, 03:30 PM
Pure tends to develop a really dark gray color after years, where as the alloys tend to
stay more silvery to silvery-gray.

Bill
Edubya
03-06-2013, 04:30 PM
On the ww subject, was at one of the local tire shops today, and they said they are no longer using lead base stick on weights, and the ones they pull to replace are regulated and tracked throughout the disposal process by the EPA. So i guess i need to look for smaller mom and pop shops in the area.

I think that some tire shops just don't want to mess with us smelters. When they claim that they are regulated, they are exposing their selves as far as I'm concerned. I told them that I'm a registered recycler.

EW