Lyman's No2?

[Jantar]

Hi guys!
I thought i saw a recipe for an alloy similar to Lyman's no.2 on this forum a few days back, but now when I need to find it it seems to be gone. It was sometiong about the ratio of WW/Linotype. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
/Patrick

[John Boy]

Patrick, here ya go:

Recipe A) 3# Linotype and 9# WW ... near recipe of Lyman #2

Recipe B) 9# WW and 1# 50/50 Bar Solder ... duplicate of Lyman #2

Regards
John

[Murphy]

Another wheel weight to linotype recipe is 2 lb's of linotype to 5 lb's of wheel weights.

The combination of 3 lb's linotype to 9 lb's of wheel weights John Boy posted is near identical.

They come out as a mixture of this:

2 lb's Linotype to 5 lb's Wheel weights = 1.5% tin / 6.3% antimony / 92.2 % lead.

3 lb's Linotype to 9 lb's wheel weights = 1.4% tin / 6.0% antimon/ 92.7% lead.

Lyman #2 consists of 5% tin / 5% antimony / 90.0 % lead.

Hope this is of some help.

Respecfully,

Murphy

[Jantar]

Thanks guys!
I just made a batch containing 1 part Lino to 3 parts of WW and it seems taht the bullets come out right on the numbers according to the mould.
/Patrick

[Murphy]

Glad to be of any help & great to hear it's working out like ya' want it too.

Murphy