Sources of antimony

[awaveritt]

What are the available sources for antimony? With the gloomy prediction of the demise of lead WW, I'm just wondering where this magical substance can be found.

[ETG]

Divorce a rich woman :drinks:

[qajaq59]

You might try this outfit. http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/Antimony.html I don't know if they sell in small quantities but they might know who does.

[LostSoul]

I believe I saw some on the Rotometals site.

[JSnover]

Are you looking for pure antimony? Seems a lot easier to get it in a tin/lead alloy, like babbit metal or solder. Easier to work with, cheaper.... Try RotoMetals or send a PM to ZBench. MSC or McMaster-Carr probably have something too. Buying it in pure form might not be that much of a bargain, considering the difficulty in getting it into your alloy at home.

[Gunslinger]

Has anybody ever tried melting the antimony in a soupspoon and pouring it into molten lead?

[mtgrs737]

A friend got some antimony from Bill Furguson the antimony man and he alloyed it by placing in a wire cage made from concrete twist ties and supended it in a pot of lead. He came back in an hour and it had dissolved into the lead.

www.theantimonyman.com


looks like he may not be selling it anymore according to his website. I know Bill would be happy to discuss how to alloy it with anyone who calls him.

[fredj338]

I think pure antimony is too diff to work with. I would either use hardened lead shot or buy high antimony alloy from Rotometals. It takes very little added to pure lead & water dropped to get hard bullets.

[Gar]

+1 on what fredj338 said.
Here a link for the high content antimony lead alloy.
Rotometals/ Antimony (http://www.rotometals.com/Antimony-s/1.htm)

[HORNET]

Don't forget the Cast Boolits discount from Rotometals......

[44man]

With Bill's flux, antimony is very easy to melt in at 600*. His metal came in little chunks.

[Mausermeister]

There's some on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antimony-Granulated-for-Bullet-Casting-1-lb-Item-39_W0QQitemZ390104999917QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Defa ultDomain_0?hash=item5ad411e7ed

[imashooter2]

Has anybody ever tried melting the antimony in a soupspoon and pouring it into molten lead?


Back in the day I bought 5 pounds of antimony and 5 pounds of lead to make 50/50. The plan was to use that as a handy sweetener that would alloy at lead pot temperatures.

I had to build a charcoal fired blast furnace to melt the antimony. Open gas flame wouldn't touch it. I doubt you'd have a lot of luck melting it in a soup spoon.

Anyway, never again for that experiment. I'll pay the ruinous prices for type metal first.

[Bullshop]

How much do you need? I have some lab grade powered antimony I may part with.
BIC/BS