Need alloy help

[igolfat8]

I can't get the alloy calculator to work in the sticky. I type in weight in yellow field and nothing happens???? I have 100 pounds of soft lead and Linotype and want to alloy it close to wheel weight alloy. How much Lino do I add? If I am reading the calculator correctly it says to add 24 lbs of Lino to 100 lbs of pure soft lead. I did that but my alloy is still too soft, measuring 8 BNL.

[PBaholic]

It takes time for the alloy to fully harden. I made that alloy exactly a month ago, and measured:

BNH 8.3 - 1 Hour
BNH 9.8 - 1 Day
BHN 13.3 - 1 Month

[MaryB]

you need to hit enter after entering the weight... another possibility is you have your antivirus settings so tight that t is blocking macro execution in xcel...

[runfiverun]

3 soft to 1 lino will get you to ww alloy.
[or close enough you couldn't tell, except it casts better]

[bumpo628]

Try re-downloading the calculator or saving it as another spreadsheet.
It is a regular Excel document that doesn't use macros, btw.

If that doesn't work, try downloading it on another device.

[fredj338]

As noted, 3-1 works but I would go 4-1 to stretch your lino. I think you'll find no performance disadvantage.

[Grmps]

Now that is a loaded question. Many call all of the following Linotype, I've Highlighted the standard

Type metal compositions Wikipedia
Alloy type...............Tin(%)..Antimony(%)..Lead(%)..C omments
Slugcasting alloy........3.............11..............86 ........Ludlow/Intertype/Linotype composition for limited use and for making stereos
Eutectic alloy........4.............12..............84..... ....Often used on slug casters and for Monotype/Elrod spacing material
Stereotype alloy.........7.............15..............78.... .....More durable intended for long print runs and curved printing plates
Monotype alloy..........10............16..............74... ......Most durable machine set intended to be remelted, sometimes hand set
Foundry type alloy.....18............28.............54......... Traditional loose hand set type may contain some copper

LASC
Alloy shrinkage of cast bullets
...................Composition, %........Brinell....Shrinkage
Type Metal..........Tin..Antimony...Lead..Hardness Linear, %
Linotype......4.......12..........84.......18..... ......65
Monotype..............9.......19..........72...... .26..........65

Wheel Weights, clip-on-1/2-1% tin, 2-3% antimony,96-7.25% lead, 1/4% arsenic Apr 12 bhn
1-3 would give you 11.7
1-4 would give you 11.0
1-5 + 2% tin/pewter would give you 11.1 and a much more durable alloy than either of the above.
when you have equal amounts of Sb and Sn you have a new alloy much tougher/resilient than even 1-2 @12.7 bhn would give you

------------------------------------------------------------Useful
Application-----------------------------------------------Hardness Range
Light target loads (<800 fps and 10,000 psi)-----------BHN 6-12
Standard revolver loads (800-1000 fps, 16,000 psi)----BHN 8-14
+P revolver loads (1000-1200 fps, 20,000 psi)---------BHN 10-16
Magnum revolver loads (1200-1500 fps, 35,000 psi)---BHN 12-20
454 Casull (1400-1800 fps, 50,000 psi)-----------------BHN 16 and up