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Does anyone know a site where the average scrap price can be found like on the kitco ticker pasted to this forum?

I'm looking for what the scrap dealers are paying out on average. Around here,...

Grumpy,

I live in Southern NH also. It came from a VIP store. All the VIP's are switching to steel. Only a matter of time before the rest follow suit.

I still hunt at those places that use...

Just to be honest, I paid for the pleasure. .30/lb At over 99% yield [smilie=w:

The bad news is that a tire shop in my area just converted to steel.

The good news is the manager called me to come and get the on-hand stock of lead WW. 150 lbs and probably the easiest smelt...

This is just an example of "regression to the mean".

When prices get way too high or way too low, they run out of room to run and will inevitably return to what the market can bear.

It...

I take in about 160 lbs per month from a tire center. The last batch had noticably more steel but not enough to stop me.

At .30/lb I know I'm ending up at about .50 -.60 after fuel, dross, steel,...

Glad you got off with a warning. Lately I've been lazy and have left out the face shield and leather jacket.

You probably just saved me some pain - I mean it. Thank you.

As an added reminder...

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This is the only way to do it. Done it alot and it works great.

6 small FR boxes fit perfectly inside a medum box with no wiggle room. You are maximizing load bearing surface by...

Thanks guys. Will go conventional.

Zinc melts at 787F. If you keep that pot at 550 and the ambient air is cool, you will waste ALOT of time and fuel. Pure lead needs to be over 600F I believe. In a cast iron pot (my experience)...

To answer your question, I get mine in the form of 60/40 (Tin/Lead) from a radiator shop.

There are very few shopes that still fix radiators this way today so you will have to call around. I...

Been hoarding lead for a few months now and learning the art of casting ingots.

I like to go 1 step at a time.

Now that I'm confident with the acquisition and processing of my chosen metal, I...

If lead weights are going to be banned, we should start brainstorming (for me a slight drizzle) about the future source.

What else will be made of lead and available is such quantity?

Sort-Schmort!

I started with the snips and it took FOREVER.

Now I start the pot and toss weights in as I sort by eye. All the stick-ons go in a pail, junk in the trash, and zinc/steel that I...

1 in 20 is about what I went throught when calling tire shops around my neck of the woods.

I almost gave up until one of them finally said "sure". I pay him .30/lb for about 300 lbs every 6...

It's a waste of time trying to sort and soak. Pull out the big chunks and smelt away.

I've done at least 500 lbs this way.

Are we not getting just a little too PC and sensitive? The OP's statement may have been better put. So what? Is it worth dissecting every word and dragging this useless thread out forever?

It...

I just shipped some ingots (60 lbs) from NH to IA using a method I found here on the forum.

I placed 6 muffin ingots each in 6 small FR boxes.

Get the medium box taped up good and place the...

You seem like a fine young man there, James.

Alot of fellas your age are finding great success in their not-so-great endeavors. You stay on the right track like you are and success will find you...

Not to be contrary but rather inquisitive; does it realy add to continuity that you get your weights from the same source every time (like me)?

The sources get their WW from vehicles they service...

Good score. I'm not sure that the stick on weights in the can on the left are pure lead. I've heard some posters argue over the composition but never really got a verdict.

I get them too and...

Oh boy. Well said sir.

Let me piggy-back... Though you lament the by-gone era of the press, it's not all in vain. You're not gutting it and throwing it's parts in some scrap yard. You're using...

I like the "add it till it flows" idea for this app.

Don't know where I saw it but someone had a great idea for tin and solder.

Cast it into small/light boolits. That way you can be very...

I pay .30/lb for WW and nothing for indoor scrap. I get 60/40 solder for free too.

One source is absolutely full of valve stems and junk but nothing heavy so I'm satisfied since they produce 150...

I smelt alot of indoor scrap so no pops as the boolits break on the steel backstop.

I get about 2/3 alloy and the rest is dirt, dust, and copper.

:cry:I have 5 gallons of the waste but...