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  1. 03-05-2020, 11:54 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by NyFirefighter357 View Post
    This is a roof Jack https://www.rentalzonepa.com/wp-cont...80-510x600.jpg
    Yes that is what you call an adjustable roof jack
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  2. 03-05-2020, 11:56 PM #22
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    I melted several of those down a few weeks ago and ended up with .2% tin in the alloy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cast_outlaw View Post
    We don’t reuse them because the oxidized real bad inside and are full of holes from being nailed on plus’s would you trust or want a 30 year old product on your roof as a roofer I would not
    Excellent point. Good source of meltable metal!
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  4. 03-11-2020, 10:32 PM #24
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    More reasons than a few holes from nails why they don't reuse them. One if you reuse you can't sell a new one.
    #2 is the biggie, If you reuse you can't give them to a bullet caster.
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    I buy them every chance I get ...you'll find clean ones if your lucky ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by 4719dave View Post
    I buy them every chance I get ...you'll find clean ones if your lucky ..
    I've gotten a few new ones from the local Home Depot.
    When they get too smashed & bent to sell they throw 'em in the trash.
    The manager for the department has given me a few smashed ones just for asking.
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    I melt all roof flashing and vent boots separately outside. It usually has tar and paint on it and smokes a good bit. I melt in 3lb coffee cans in fire. Pour melted metal out under crud, then throw can away. They will only stand one use before they leak themselves.
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    Well, a good friend to have is a roofer.
    My neighbor is a roofer and has supplied me with a bunch of old lead flashing and roof jacks that have lead sheeting soldered to them.

    I cut out all the soldered joints and melt them separately for a source of tin.

    The other lead is melted and poured into muffin pan ingots.
    The lead tested at 5-6 BHN.
    The solder joints came in at BHN: 7.8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rizzo View Post

    I cut out all the soldered joints and melt them separately for a source of tin.

    The other lead is melted and poured into muffin pan ingots.
    The lead tested at 5-6 BHN.
    The solder joints came in at BHN: 7.8
    I did this with plumbing pipe and traps. I cut out all the soldered joints and rendered them separate.

    I sent a sample to @BNE, it came back 95% Pb,5%Sn.
    Perfect 20-1. Well, 19-1 actually.

    Well worth the effort.
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