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I have several hundred pounds (and thousands coming) of ww and will be happy to provide samples if you will analyze for us. I'm in western NC - where in SC are you??
Jim

Yes, as someone else mentioned - those are Xact Balance WW. The concept is that the itty bitty steel balls move around in the plastic jacket and settle in place where needed. Southeastern Toyota...

Stick On Wheel Weights (SOWW) are manufactured by several companies and have several recipes. I have found (and sold) pure lead, nylon coated lead, chrome, steel, coated steel, and coated zinc. The...

I can't understand why the percentages don't tally up to 100%. They measure the copper down to a quarter of a percent, but there's still 3 percent or more unaccounted for.

Bird Dog,
A friend of mine makes shot commercially and has a real problem if he has ANY zinc in his lead mix. Has to stop production and clean up his gear and start over. Not sure why - but...

Ridge,
I'm interested in knowing if you use a mask when working an indoor range or does one need to invest in a 3M-style respirator??
Thanks!

Paid 40 cents/lb for mixed WW and battery lugs yesterday. Some of the WW's looked like a small trout laying in the bucket! 2 pound WW - goes on a BIG truck!

Murphy,
I've been adding dry sawdust and a little paraffin and stirring - before the ww clips come out; I'd be interested in what geargnasher has to say about that and whether I've been doing it...

Great deal - Linotype is over 2 bucks a pound on eBay - and the larger monotype or foundry type is bringing even more. Definitly worth your time to sort it out. The large ingots ("pigs") that came...

The "AL" designation is a style of wheelweight (ww) that typically fits some aluminum rims - just like P, MC, AW, FN, C, TN, and others. "FE" designates steel weights (Fe is the symbol for iron...

Crazy,
Went to the Dollar Store the other day and found some "Mini" loaf pans. Rectangular bread loaf pans - but smaller. They worked GREAT - and are aluminum too - not tin, and release like...

350gr,
I have found that ingots won't stick to aluminum muffin tins - unless they have dents that restrict them from falling out. What you may have trouble with is the "tin" muffin tins. They look...

Digital is the way to go - remote reader is great if you can find one at a good price. Weighing a bucket of ww's with all the junk in it is hard to do on many bathroom scales because the readout is...

alha,
I'd really like pics and details once you get it together! I've found that you need to go slow at first when starting a batch - and only melt a couple inches of ww's at a time. Otherwise...

2Ridge,
thanks again - I think I can see it now. Looking forward to trying this out!
'Preciate it!
Jim

I like a little heat in mine - try a mix of crushed red pepper, black pepper, and white pepper; port wine, salt, liquid smoke, water (or juice - apple or whatever), and then the magic ingredient : ...

2 Ridge,
Thanks for the reply! This really intrigues me and may be the answer. Can you explain the vacuum system more completely? Where do you place the HEPA filter on the vacuum? Where do you...

alha,
With that many ww, you need to invest in a thermocouple thermometer (reads temp almost immediately) - and you can buy one on eBay for around $20. I just looked and there's one for $20.99...

Richard,
The letters you are seeing: AL, MC, AW, P, FN - all of those are the style of weight, it fits a certain style of wheel. Wheel weights are not made of aluminum, though many wheels are. ...

I thought that might work; some are concerned about what to do with the "contaminated" water - ?

Has anyone had any experience sorting expended rounds from a shredded tire (rubber) backstop? Any advise would be appreciated!!

My scrap man will take the steel and zinc ww and pay me about $10 per hundred pounds; (I had to educate all his help that it's NOT lead!)

Typically 96.5% Tin, 3% Silver, half a percent of Copper, and sells from $25 to $75 a pound on eBay. Look at "Sold" instances of "Kester Solder" on that site and you'll be amazed!

Received word a couple weeks ago that the EPA will be coming down with regs regarding lead WW's in November of 2012. The manufacturers are not taking a side in this issue because (in my opinion)...

I'm glad to hear that it is pretty much pure lead from Gopher Slayer - thanks! Spent some time with it this afternoon and after trial and error found that if you use a tubing cutter (for cutting...