Babbit

[huntincowboy]

My grandad has some babbit that was in the bridle ends for the horses head on a pumpjack. He said I could have it for casting if I wanted amd I was wondering if anyone knew if it was any good for making boolits or blending into my alloy? It's mystery alloy, but he thought it had some lead in it.

[mongoosesnipe]

If there is a lot of it may be worth haven't tested are there any makings on it if its just a few bars I would mix up a big batch nd toss them in

[Wots]

http://www.castpics.net/subsite2/GeneralReference/Babbitt.pdf

[huntincowboy]

There are no markings, it is melted from taking it out of the bridle to replace a worn steel cable.

Wots thanks for the link. I don't know what grade it could even be, but this seems to have a lot of useful information, I'll try to find out more.

[Wots]

I have a stash of bearing babbit. Online here I recall someone said use babbit as you would tin. I use 2% babbit in my alloy which gave me good fill out and shinny boolets.

[badgeredd]

I'm not familiar with the babbit in question by the OP. Bear in mind there are lead based and tin based babbits. Without some way of knowing the chemical make-up of the babbit, it is hard to say exactly how it can be utilizeed in cast boolits.

Edd

[huntincowboy]

Yeah I've been trying to think of how to identify it. I haven't got to look at it yet, but maybe it will be very shiny if tin and dull if lead? I don't have a hardness tester either.

[badgeredd]

Yeah I've been trying to think of how to identify it. I haven't got to look at it yet, but maybe it will be very shiny if tin and dull if lead? I don't have a hardness tester either.

Probably if you have a fair amount, it would be worth it to have it tested. There are a couple fellows here that will check it for you for a very reasonable cost. If I recall correctly I think one guy will do it for $8 which is well worth it if you have a fair amount of it.

Edd

[huntincowboy]

I think there is somewhere around 10 lb which would be considerable for what I do as a blend material. You don't happen to know who does it do you? I may need to shoot them a pm.

[sljacob]

most often the babbit that I have run into in the oil field is a #4 "hardware grade" babbit, most often used to pour ropesockets in drill, line sand line, and other wire rope ends.
rotometals has a chart In there babbit section that list the various alloy content of the different grade babbits.
I often use it to harden a soft batch of lead.

[badgeredd]

I think there is somewhere around 10 lb which would be considerable for what I do as a blend material. You don't happen to know who does it do you? I may need to shoot them a pm.

The fellow's handle is Any Cal and he had the post a while back:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?170535-Lead-analyzing-service

It took me a while to find it, but here it is.

Edd