FS Foundry Type

[alfloyd]

I have 10 boxes - 10 lbs each - of foundry type for sale.
They are in Small Flat Rate boxes taped very well with strapping tape.
The type is still in raw form and photo is enclosed.
PRICE is $30.00 DELIVERED and insured to your door in the USA.
Let me know here what you want and send me a PM.
Payment is by cash, Postal money order or PayPal F&F - or add $1.00 for fees.
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Thanks
Lafaun Floyd

[baogongmeo]

I'll take two boxes. Cash. PM your address and I'll get payment on it's way.

Lance

[Wasalmonslayer]

Pm sent for 3 boxes

[Lee S. Forsberg]

I'm in for a box.
Thanks

[alfloyd]

6 boxes sold, 4 boxes left.

Lafaun

[Buck Butcher]

I will take two boxes please. PM on its way.

Thanks,
Mark

[Joe K]

I’ll take two boxes. Sending PM.

[alfloyd]

ALL SOLD

Thanks

[TheGrimReaper]

NO!!!!!!!! I just looked it up and was coming back to buy. Oh well!!!!

[baogongmeo]

PM sent

[LeadHead72]

Can I ask a dumb question? I have a bunch of similar-looking type but was under the impression that it's called monotype. Is monotype and foundry type one and the same?

[pcmacd]

I've found that foundry type is the cheapest way to add tin (and antimony) to a melt. It is 15% tin and 23% antimony. I use it exclusively, and it is getting harder and harder to find since Arthur Green in Beverly Hills disappeared.

You have to get it up to a very high temperature when added to the mix so that the antimony will disperse, about 780 degrees and stir well before you flux!

[pcmacd]

Monotype has less alloying metals in it than foundry type. It is not as hard but perfectly acceptable for alloying a melt.

[LeadHead72]

Monotype has less alloying metals in it than foundry type. It is not as hard but perfectly acceptable for alloying a melt.

How can you visually tell the difference? Or do you have to have to physically test the hardness?

[Conditor22]

I also thought single letters were Monotype, strips of words were a linotype, blocks and spacers were foundry.

Smelted Monotype Tested By BNE

Pb = 72.0%
Sb = 17.6%
Sn = 9.4%
Cu = 1.0%

[RogerDat]

Mono and foundry are both individual letters of block print. The difference is the alloy used. One being harder provides a longer useful life of printing or can stand up to longer runs without wearing. The other is more common to find as generated blocks of individual letters that were made for a specific run. Where foundry would come in trays that had all letters and punctuation pre-made and sorted for hand setting of type.

There is often a notch to the bottom of the blocks of I think it is foundry, no notch on he bottom of mono. But that may be backwards. I'm not sure one can reliably tell the difference visually. Especially from a mixed lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal

Either mono of foundry type will provide a rich source of tin and antimony. As the Wikipedia chart shows the alloys were available in many different grades. Would need to have it XRF tested to be sure what specific alloy it is. An option not practical for someone selling in raw form of individual letters. Not going to always know that all the letters are the same alloy. I know I have some buckets that I'm pretty sure are a mix of mono and foundry. One can often just use an approximation of the alloy as the basis of the recipe since it doesn't take very much type metal to sweeten a batch of COWW's for most uses. Something like 1# in 10# will give you between 1 and 2 percent tin plus a little boost in the antimony. If you plan on doing specific alloys with it then you need to contact member BNE to have a melted sample of your letters tested.