DtheD
10-23-2008, 02:58 PM
I got some lead from my brother last week and smelted some and have some full ingots and band saw slices of ingots also. 27 lbs lead flashing, bluish tint and on the Lee tester was below their scale, has to be pure. 2 ingots about 5.5 lbs each marked STANDARD, 17.5. Has to be Linotype. And an odd one. 18 lbs chunks of a 5" X 2" ingot marked GRADE HARD EE. Tested @ 14. We worked in the printing industry and used to scrap lead all the time. He would save some for sinkers. Had I known I could be set for three lifetimes with lead. Ah hindsight. I have a feeling the EE is babbet. Doesn't quite look like regular lead. I'd like to make sure before I go mixing up a big batch of alloy. Anyone have any idea what it is?