Right at 300 lbs of soft lead. Almost all roof jacks/vents. About four hours of hard work for this broken old man and I still need to go out and clean up. Best part is while I was picking up the soft lead I was talking to the guy at the scrap yard and scored almost 600 lbs of wheel weights for $0.20 a lb. Didn't have the cash on me so I'll pick them up Monday. They are in a 55 gallon drum and it's about half full.
That should keep me busy all next week.
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What did you pay for the soft lead? I had a call into my local scrap yard for WW and lead prices. WW were just under 0.50/lb. And 'regular' lead was 0.90? Range scrap ~0.75
$0.70 a pound for scrap lead.
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Good thing it's soft lead instead of hard lead, the soft lead weighs less per pound and is easier on your "old" back.
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Thats a good days work. The ole back just don't like that kind of work anymore.
Nice work and nice score! Are the WWs mixed?
Got another package for you almost ready to go... not quite full yet though...Originally Posted by lightman
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I was wondering the same thing. I took a bucket of steel and zinc to the scrap yard this week. The guy I usually deal with was not there, lunch maybe. The guys that were covering his job weighed the bucket and gave me a receipt to go up front and get paid. As I walked off I looked around and they were dumping my bucket into what I am fairly sure was the lead barrel. At any rate, if I ever end up buying lead WW from there I will be very careful about what I get.
They are mixed. He will no longer buy them as there's too much junk in them. He wanted to get rid of what he has since the people he sells to no longer want them. I'm also still waiting to hear back about 12 or so buckets full. If that one comes through I'll be selling enough to get my first NOE mold.
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Great score! Last time I took scrap metal to the scrap yard, I had a bunch of zink clip ons. When I told the guy about them, he just threw them in with all the steel wheel weights. They won't sell lead to the public, so no chance of ever having to re-sort them.
Nice score and nice work. Nothing like a pile of fresh ingots. I scored a bucket of ww the other day and had a few others saved up. I woke and the sun was shining, a balmy -1C and i had propane, so i got to smelting, had a great day got a pile of ingots i still have to stow away.
The next day i was sore, used a lot of muscles i have not used in 8 months. Need to stretch before i smelt and the cold didnt help. Rum and a hot bath helped.
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I've got my fingers crossed for you on those 12 buckets.
Thats great! You have been very generous and I owe you big time.Got another package for you almost ready to go... not quite full yet though...
Sorry for the thread hi-jack! Wishing you Luck on those possible scores! Are you planning on sorting them or just watching the pot temp and skimming them off the top?
I'll probably sort them. I can control my melt temp so it doesn't get over 625-650 but I have nothing but time on my hands. I also like to remove the SOWW from the COWW.
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I think thats a good choice. I can't control my temps close enough to trust so I sort all of mine. Its boring, but once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty fast.
Looks like your trying to get into the 'hockey puck' business . . .
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We had a work day at the range today and I picked up 30# of scrap while I was there
Right at 300 lbs of soft lead. Almost all roof jacks/vents. About four hours of hard work for this broken old man and I still need to go out and clean up. Best part is while I was picking up the soft lead I was talking to the guy at the scrap yard and scored almost 600 lbs of wheel weights for $0.20 a lb. Didn't have the cash on me so I'll pick them up Monday. They are in a 55 gallon drum and it's about half full.
That should keep me busy all next week.
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Thanks. I need to put longer legs on that table. I built it too short. Then I'll need to build a stand for the cooker to get the pot up to table top level. I will be doing that before I sort the wheel weights I'll be picking up on Monday.
I had to get my wife to move the lead for me today because the table is just too short.
Pure/soft lead I always cast in the muffin cups. Wheel weights go in anything else. If I can ever find the single corn cob pan I have that's what I'll pour my linotype in. Pewter goes in a sinker mold.
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I like strange looking boolits!
NRA Patriot Life Endowment member.
When I'm smelting I hold my 4# ladle in both hands with my arms hanging down near my waist. The weight is near my center of gravity and the ole back sees the least amount of strain that way. My smelting pot is at that height and so is my landing zone.
I built a wooden box from 2X10's that measures 2ft X 4ft that I dump my weights into for sorting. I place this box low enough that I sit beside it. I'll scratch through it, cherry picking. I usually grab the visible trash, then the stick-on weights, then the steel and then the fun begins, sorting the lead from the zinc. I do it in that order because the steel and the stick-ons are easier to spot. I use a pair of electricians dykes to test cut the suspicious weights.
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