My scrapper contact gave me a shout this morning and let me know he had some lead sheets for me. He brought 46 lbs by tonight. If this cool weather continues, I will have a big smelting weekend.
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My scrapper contact gave me a shout this morning and let me know he had some lead sheets for me. He brought 46 lbs by tonight. If this cool weather continues, I will have a big smelting weekend.
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The guy responded to a Craigslist ad I posted a while back. I pay him $0.50/lb and he drops it off on my porch. It works well for both of us.
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He del it too .......WHAT AM I DOING WRONG ...
Dave Biesenbach
port charlotte fl
Good deal all the way around.
Good Score! It looks nice and clean. You made a good contact.
Sheet lead is pretty close to pure for alloy calculations, right?
Maybe- sometimes. It depends on what it is intended to be used for. Some sheet lead has a few percent Sb to keep it from drooping if used in that application.
Google the suppliers and look at all the alloys available.
You will see that often we get roof lead which is very close to pure.
But not all sheet lead is roof lead.
Chill Wills
Got home yesterday and I had two 5 gallon buckets of 60/40 solder scrap sitting in my driveway sent to me by a company that I used to work for. Now I need to see what else I need to make some nice alloy. I have plenty of lead and lino so I suspect that non zinc clip on wheel weights will do the job.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
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 |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |