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Thread: Very weird wheel weight found today...

  1. 01-19-2014, 08:58 PM #1
    KingAirNeal
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    Very weird wheel weight found today...

    So, I was smelting another batch today. Found a handful of Zinc that I missed during the sort, got them out before they made it into the pot.

    So, this batch was pretty much all big truck weights.

    Well, I dumped a bunch in the pot for the second round, let 'em all melt down, sawdust in, stir stir, thunk!

    What????

    At the BOTTOM of the pot was a good sized COWW. I pulled it out. Let it cool, and low and behold, I could cut it with side cutters!!!

    So, what is heavier than lead, softer than lead with a far higher melting point???? I remember test cutting this one in the sort, so it didn't get soft when hot. And I checked it again after it cooled. It turned a goldish color when hot as well, and has retained that hue.

    I will post a picture tomorrow.

    Any thoughts?
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  2. 01-19-2014, 09:47 PM #2
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    Are they making wheel weights out of depleted uranium now???
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  3. 01-19-2014, 10:04 PM #3
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    sounds like a softer ww ie; more close to pure lead than the ww alloy , pure also takes more heat to melt , btw ? this thread is worthless without fotos :P
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  4. 01-19-2014, 10:04 PM #4
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  5. 01-19-2014, 11:27 PM #5
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    Ill get some pics up tomorrow. But this was NOT pure lead... It was plenty hot enough to melt pure lead.
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  6. 01-20-2014, 01:31 PM #6
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    umm it was said in jest amigo another forum i'm familiar with has a emoticon/smiley for that and if it'd of worked here i'd of used it :P , myself i'm not that great with taking or posting fotos , i manage a few when the planets line up and i hold my mouth just right , but from a foto someone else may of seen such before and have a better idea because of the foto
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    Quote Originally Posted by leadmonkey View Post
    Are they making wheel weights out of depleted uranium now???
    You do know what lead is,or was right?
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  9. 01-20-2014, 04:17 PM #9
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    I think tungsten is more dense than lead based on it's crystal structure even though it has a smaller atomic weight. I remember reading that they put tungsten inside plastic weights sometimes.
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  10. 01-20-2014, 04:30 PM #10
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    Gold is denser than lead and has a higher melting point...
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  11. 01-20-2014, 08:43 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by bumpo628 View Post
    I think tungsten is more dense than lead based on it's crystal structure even though it has a smaller atomic weight. I remember reading that they put tungsten inside plastic weights sometimes.
    He said that it was soft. That rules out Tungsten which is very hard. Tungsten is also about 40% denser than lead.
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  12. 01-20-2014, 08:46 PM #12
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    My guess is lead or zinc coated with something dense, that let it blend in on a chrome wheel.
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