me and my wife always stop off at yard sales on the weekends when were out and about on the weekends basic yard sale stuff kids toys and junk then i see a box of lead ask how much tells me to make in offer ok $15 sold 73 lbs
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me and my wife always stop off at yard sales on the weekends when were out and about on the weekends basic yard sale stuff kids toys and junk then i see a box of lead ask how much tells me to make in offer ok $15 sold 73 lbs
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kids that hunt and fish dont mug old ladies
Good find!
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nice ..
Dave Biesenbach
port charlotte fl
40/60 bar solder, wiping solder, isotope generator, and decoy weights among other lead. Yes I would say you had a good day there.
the iso container alone would have been a good 15$ buy.
they usually go about 30 lbs and are 1/3/96 alloy.
50 cents a pound for melt and cast alloy, is pretty cheap.
I'm not sure what i should do with the solder if i should just melt it all at the same time and just mix it all up or what suggestions
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Thats a good score! I would hang onto the solder until I really needed it. Thats just me. On the other hand, you could melt it all together and consider it a batch.
The solder is already clearly marked. Why fix something that is not broke. Once melted, you will find it can easily "get lost" with other ingots. If you do not have a lead hardness tester, then that is another reason to be sure to not take a chance on losing track of the solder.
just put it on a shelf.
you'll maybe find a use for it one day.
I have some ingots of 50-50 err 60/40 I don't remember now, and throw one in my 40 lb pot every now and then.
the marked bars all sit together and get used when I want to make up a bigger batch of alloy that's a bit more precise.
Nice score! The wife and I go to 200-300 garage sales a year. You would not believe the treasures you can find, as long as you are ready to dig for them. $15 for over 70 lbs. of primo lead, that's a good day.
ok I'll just hold on to the solder till i find out what to do with it
kids that hunt and fish dont mug old ladies
Yeah, don't get rid of the solder. You'll use that at some point to adjust a batch. Better to have in hand than to want for something you don't.Originally Posted by LUCKYDAWG13
If I have a problem with mold fill out this is when the solder comes in handy. Mark it with a permanent marker depending on how big your pot is. Small pot try 1/2" at a time, large pot 1" at a time. This way you can keep track of it and how much you are melting.
Having between 1 and 2 percent tin helps lead flow and fill a mold, helps get crisp edges to lube grooves etc. When you have solder of known percentage tin (40%) for that top bar judging by the (40) at the end, then you can use the alloy calculator to figure out how much of the bar to add to a pot of WW's or other alloy to hit in that 1 or 2 percent range. If you want to make Linotype into Lyman #2 alloy you need to add some tin and lead or WW's.
Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.
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Your handle seems appropriate.
I'm going to melt the 5 lbs ingot into some smaller ones thanks to all
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