Mrbrent
06-12-2011, 11:14 PM
I was staying at a resort this last week and drove by an pick a part junk yard way out in the boonies in northern Minnesota so I decided to stop and see if he had any WW. He just had started going through a pile of about 2000 rims and had to clean them which meant getting the WW off and valve stems etc. I was about a week to early I guess so I told him I would stop back the next day and see what he had. He had 32lbs the next day which was a little disappointing but its lead. He also pulled out these bars that I have some pictures of. I left with 80lbs total and paid .50 cents a pound. I also scored 60lbs of lead foil from the backs of dental x-rays from a friend of mine that had been sitting in the chicken coupe for about 25 years. This was free. all in all I got 150lbs for $40 and my dad is going to bring it to me when he comes to visit at chirstmas so I didn't even have to ship it.:grin:
The bars are harder than the ww when I scratch so I need to figure out what they are made of. I had to break them to fit them in a box and I was able to break them with a few whacks with a splitting maul. I will melt them down separate until I figure out what is makeup is. I found out what these bars are by the patent number on them. They are Ingots for typesetting machines and the patent was files in 1936. See link if you want. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2083913.pdf
X-Ray foils
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-TVm9djK/0/L/IMAG0379-L.jpg
Bars of lead
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-SHSfS8F/0/L/IMAG0184-L.jpg
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-b4t4dXR/0/L/IMAG0187-L.jpg
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-PMcCdbt/0/L/IMAG0185-L.jpg
The bars are harder than the ww when I scratch so I need to figure out what they are made of. I had to break them to fit them in a box and I was able to break them with a few whacks with a splitting maul. I will melt them down separate until I figure out what is makeup is. I found out what these bars are by the patent number on them. They are Ingots for typesetting machines and the patent was files in 1936. See link if you want. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2083913.pdf
X-Ray foils
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-TVm9djK/0/L/IMAG0379-L.jpg
Bars of lead
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-SHSfS8F/0/L/IMAG0184-L.jpg
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-b4t4dXR/0/L/IMAG0187-L.jpg
http://gkosin.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Other/i-PMcCdbt/0/L/IMAG0185-L.jpg