OK, picked up this typeface lead the other day. The guy used to be in the printing industry. He said the typeface blocks were foundry type, while the spacers for the small type was linotype. I melted the spacers first, and it formed nice muffins. I then melted the small type blocks and had some oatmeal on the top. Increased the heat and some more seemed to melt, but still not all. Fluxed good, skimmed off the remaining oatmeal and poured muffins. They ended up very porous on the sides. I did not plan to use this straight anyway. Thought it would alloy good with WW for HP rifle boolits. I paid $.50 a pound. Did I make a mistake? Do I dare mix it with some WW lead and try to make some .312 boolits? Some background info, to pre-emt the questions: Turkey fryer, heated up on high. Lino hardness before melting 17bhn. Block type before melting 24-26 bhn.
Small typeface:
(the little tubes of lead were from ankle weights he tossed in for free. They ended up being pure lead 7.6 bhn and smelted separately)
Large typeface:
Single large block:
Porous Muffin:
OK, pour on the expert opinions. And please, spare me the "Useless, just send it to me" stuff... LOL