I heard that organ pipes are 50/50 tin lead.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I heard that organ pipes are 50/50 tin lead.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
All three of those WW look like zinc because the weights listed on them and there sizes are proportional to each other. Try melting them separate with a plumbing torch and once the metal cools, you...
Forum: Our Town
I have always wanted to be a pilot, that is my second favorite thing besides lead. Aviation is one of those thing that has fascinated me for a little more than 10 years,I am 19.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Here is a pic of the hallmark on my piece of pewter. The pewter has scratches and some gouges but no dents and is shiny on the inside. The piece of pewter is a small shallow teapot.
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Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Here is a pic of suspect zinc contaminated lead. This lead pours like wet sand or as some people say like oatmeal. The ingots have a very noticeable ring to them and a slightly wrinkled surface. They...
Forum: Our Town
Today my dad and I went to the flea market. I got a cast iron corn stick pan(antique), 2 pieces of pewter, a lead scuba diving weight, and an airsoft gun. I paid $2 for the lead scuba diving weight...
Forum: The Captain
Could you sell me a small frb full of clip on lead ingots? How much would it cost? I don't want to buy a lot but just a small amount at a time.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Is this pure lead? I melted it from lead sheet that was used as radiation shielding. The lead disc was made by pouring it into the bottom of an aluminum can. You can see the crystal on the ingot. The...
Forum: The Captain
When will you have some stick ons or sheet lead back in stock? When you get some more, I would like first dibs.
I ordered 50lbs of lead sheet from this guy. I received about 54lbs of lead. I sent the post office money order and he received it on Friday and I got the package on Wednesday. Great guy and is...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Our house has lead joints on the cast iron pipes as it was built in 1959. How were lead joints poured anyways? The ball shaped ones on the bends of the pipes.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I cut a hole in the tank last week, no explosions and the tank is ready to be cut.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Could you send the link of the alloy calculator?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Also there is gold and silver in lead ore along with zinc, cadmium, and other trace metals just to name a few.
Forum: Casting Equipment
How do you properly flux with sawdust anyways?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
If you have lead sheet, cut it with tin snips or if it is in block form you can take an axe to it and hit the axe with a sledgehammer and it will slowly cut it but there will be no waste or chip to...
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
copper is worth a whole lot of money. more than 3.20 per pound.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
I have about 1lb of SOWW. Some of the weights are a bluish color with a multicolor tint to them. Are they pure lead? Also what is the hardness of an ingot produced from the soft(not hard) stick on?...
Forum: Cast Boolits
That seems great to send the zinc and steel weights to him. Like to see his reaction.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
A 6.4 hardness would be close to pure lead.
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Try pewter or the soft bendable pic frames from the goodwill.
Forum: Casting Equipment
I left my hotpot II outside by accident the other night. It was raining and the pot has some rust on it. How can I remove the rust without the pot rusting more and not damage the pot by scratching it?
Forum: Lead and Lead Alloys
Looks like something used for radiation shielding.
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
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