BCB
10-15-2016, 10:04 AM
I’ve read many different numbers as to how many pounds of wheel weights are in a 5-gallon bucket…
Since I am nearly out of ingots, I figured I best do some smelting. I did a bucketful using a Lee 20-pound furnace and a Lee 10-pound furnace. A slow process, but since I am Medicare-age and retired—I have the time, or so I get told! I have about 7 hours in it total as I spread it out for 3 early morning starts…
A few of pics included, maybe, as to what went down…
The bucket full of weights, the pile of clips and waste, the stack of ingots produced (34 total at an average weight of 3.5 pounds) and the math to calculate the percentage of the wheel weights and the waste…
It appears from the numbers, the bucket held about 143 pounds and the waste was about 24 pounds and the finished ingots weighed about 119 pounds…
These weights are at least a dozen years old and I got them for a token price of $15.00/bucket…
Some more simply math indicates I got them for about 12.5¢ per pound!!! Probably won’t ever get them for that price again…
Oh well, a bit of info for those who might wonder what the yield from a 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights might yield…
Those ingots will last me several years for sure and maybe longer as my shooting is slowing down somewhat…
Good-luck…BCB
Since I am nearly out of ingots, I figured I best do some smelting. I did a bucketful using a Lee 20-pound furnace and a Lee 10-pound furnace. A slow process, but since I am Medicare-age and retired—I have the time, or so I get told! I have about 7 hours in it total as I spread it out for 3 early morning starts…
A few of pics included, maybe, as to what went down…
The bucket full of weights, the pile of clips and waste, the stack of ingots produced (34 total at an average weight of 3.5 pounds) and the math to calculate the percentage of the wheel weights and the waste…
It appears from the numbers, the bucket held about 143 pounds and the waste was about 24 pounds and the finished ingots weighed about 119 pounds…
These weights are at least a dozen years old and I got them for a token price of $15.00/bucket…
Some more simply math indicates I got them for about 12.5¢ per pound!!! Probably won’t ever get them for that price again…
Oh well, a bit of info for those who might wonder what the yield from a 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights might yield…
Those ingots will last me several years for sure and maybe longer as my shooting is slowing down somewhat…
Good-luck…BCB