yodar
03-02-2009, 10:53 PM
Had time and cool weather to melt down some wheelweights and clean it up for the impending war of the worlds ;>)
Filled up the entire dutch oven, and added a piece of Antimonymans high antimony Lead tin self fluxing ingot...It didnt want to dissolve, which is why the guy I got it from the fellow that gave it to me. I took out the mapp-gas torch and tried to make it melt. No joy.
I Gave up and tossed in a 1 lb ingot of Lino to what was prolly almost 100 lb of melted wheelweights.
Carelessly handling the mysterymetal from antimonyman I accidentally dropped it into the melt. NO splashes, thank the Lord, Went inside, snagged the stainless steel tongs and lifted it out and discovered 75% of it was GONE !
4 of the 5 lbs of that ingot was now in my melt.. Plus the 1 lb of LINO I added. I got some real HARD lead now, I betcha!
To use it, I GUESS I will hafta melt some strait wheelweights, add nothing to them and when I cast use them in concert with the superhard stuff. I am guessing maybe 4 wheelweight to 1 ingot of superhard stuff. We'll see.
I havent the slightest idea how to figger the composition. I'm guessing it's at least 6% antimony and tin
But if anybody has a hardness tester I'd pay postage both ways and trade 9mm or .45 brass for someone to do the test for me
Thanky !
yodar in winter godden fl.
Filled up the entire dutch oven, and added a piece of Antimonymans high antimony Lead tin self fluxing ingot...It didnt want to dissolve, which is why the guy I got it from the fellow that gave it to me. I took out the mapp-gas torch and tried to make it melt. No joy.
I Gave up and tossed in a 1 lb ingot of Lino to what was prolly almost 100 lb of melted wheelweights.
Carelessly handling the mysterymetal from antimonyman I accidentally dropped it into the melt. NO splashes, thank the Lord, Went inside, snagged the stainless steel tongs and lifted it out and discovered 75% of it was GONE !
4 of the 5 lbs of that ingot was now in my melt.. Plus the 1 lb of LINO I added. I got some real HARD lead now, I betcha!
To use it, I GUESS I will hafta melt some strait wheelweights, add nothing to them and when I cast use them in concert with the superhard stuff. I am guessing maybe 4 wheelweight to 1 ingot of superhard stuff. We'll see.
I havent the slightest idea how to figger the composition. I'm guessing it's at least 6% antimony and tin
But if anybody has a hardness tester I'd pay postage both ways and trade 9mm or .45 brass for someone to do the test for me
Thanky !
yodar in winter godden fl.