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troy_mclure
07-14-2010, 02:02 PM
i have 4 types of alloy, all the same type of ingots.
what are good(easy) ways of marking ingots?
BoolitBill
07-14-2010, 02:10 PM
I like to use these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-piece-1-4-quarter-inch-letter-number-stamping-set-90125.html
I just stamp each ingot with a few identifying letters ( WW for wheel weights, L2 for Lyman #2 etc.). It is a little more work but the stamps will not rub off or fade over time.
MtGun44
07-14-2010, 02:11 PM
Wide black felt tip or metal stamps which are obviously more permenent. I stamp
WW or PB or HARD or LINO on mine.
Bill
ReloaderFred
07-14-2010, 02:12 PM
Stamps work well, but I normally just use a Sharpie pen and write the alloy on it, usually just the BHN, pure lead, linotype, etc.
Hope this helps.
Fred
AZ-Stew
07-14-2010, 02:13 PM
Sharpie, metal stamp, china marker (doubles as micro-flux), one of those vibrating, tungsten-carbide tipped marking pens. Be creative!
Regards,
Stew
ghh3rd
07-14-2010, 02:55 PM
one of those vibrating, tungsten-carbide tipped marking pens. Be creative!
That's what I use. Set it to vibrate a little rough so you can write about as quick on lead as using a pencil on paper. Quick, and permanent.
fredj338
07-14-2010, 03:26 PM
A SHarpie works fine. Unless you are handling them everyday, it won't rub off. I went w/ diff size/styles of ingot molds instead. WW in one, pure lead in one, range scrap in one. Easy to see at a glance & proportioned for easy blending.
wistlepig1
07-14-2010, 04:19 PM
I like to use these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/40-piece-1-4-quarter-inch-letter-number-stamping-set-90125.html
I just stamp each ingot with a few identifying letters ( WW for wheel weights, L2 for Lyman #2 etc.). It is a little more work but the stamps will not rub off or fade over time.
I also use the cheap stamps from HF, I think I gave less that $7 for them, works great.
okksu
07-14-2010, 04:26 PM
I use a electro pencil from HF.
Gee_Wizz01
07-14-2010, 04:35 PM
I also use the HF stamps. WW for wheel weights, LT for linotype, PB for pure lead. Then I add a lot number, especially for wheel weights. That way if I get a lot that is problematic I can identify it. WW 1 or LT2 are some examples. In the past I used a sharpie, but I had a bunch of lead I moved several times, and all my markings became unreadable.
G
Taylor
07-14-2010, 07:49 PM
I normally mark the containers,pb,ww,etc with a sharpie.The sharpie has now faded,don't know at this point what is what.need a new system.
oldtoolsniper
07-14-2010, 08:46 PM
Stamps for me too! I use my world famous angle iron molds which are made so the ingots stand on end, hold the w and the m (upside down) together in my goober hooks and stamp away.
trapper9260
07-14-2010, 09:14 PM
I use stamps myself.I mark the few of each pile and just take the ones that is not mark. I also test the hardnest of each pile and stamp that on the ingot ,if I do not know what type of lead it is.
Hardcast416taylor
07-14-2010, 10:40 PM
Not only do I mark each ingot with a grease crayon, the lead is stored in seperate bins away from each other.Robert
Recluse
07-14-2010, 11:02 PM
i have 4 types of alloy, all the same type of ingots.
what are good(easy) ways of marking ingots?
I "mark" my ingots by pouring them into distinctly different molds.
WW alloy gets poured into Lyman ingot molds. Pure lead gets poured into Lee molds (the one-pound cavities). My hard alloy that has high contents of lino and tin get poured into RCBS molds. My lino gets poured into the Lee 1/2 pound cavities.
At a glance, I know exactly what kind of alloy I'm dealing with.
:coffee:
MT Gianni
07-14-2010, 11:04 PM
I scratch WW, PB, Lino and #2 with the end of a screwdriver but i have always been a little retro-neanderthal at certain things.
geargnasher
07-14-2010, 11:11 PM
Is it weird to stamp linotype ingots with a little row of HF steel stamps clamped together in a jig so it stamps "LINOTYPE" with two hammer blows? Maybe just me, I find humor in irony sometimes.
Gear
Calamity Jake
07-15-2010, 09:23 AM
Plastic 5 gal. buckets/lids with the contents(WW, Lead or Lino) listed on the bucket.
MtGun44
07-15-2010, 09:39 AM
Gear
A line-o'-type used to stamped "LINOTYPE' onto a piece of linotype alloy. Some kinda weird
karma thing there. :bigsmyl2:
qajaq59
07-15-2010, 09:45 AM
I got lucky at various garage sales and now have 4 different shape molds. But I still mark em with a Sharpie.
Channel iron ingots are only WW+2%Sn. Other ingots are marked (w/Sharpie) W, L for lino, Pb for lead, W-L for 50/50, 2W-L, R (for range scrap), M (monotype, as 3W-M), W+ for W+2%, W++ for W+3%, and so on. And I have started marking ingots with date of rendering/alloying, to keep each lot identified.
(And note the DOUBLE BOOLIT! eeeeHAW!)
casterofboolits
07-15-2010, 10:15 AM
I only mark speial alloys using a screwdriver and a hammer. L/T is lino with tin to sweeten alloy. PL for pure lead.
My standard alloy of 50/50 WW range scrap is left un marked.
However, a couple sets of the cheap stamp sets from HF are now on my shopping list!
Boondocker
07-15-2010, 11:41 AM
I just picked up a set of HF stamps, up to now I just sharpie or scratched PB ,w/w and Pew or Lino. Plus I segregate to different pails or milk crates and shelves. I was even thinking of color coating the ends with paint like lumber. :coffee:
Black permanent "Magic Markers" have worked for me for years. I then store the ingots in large steel (used to be 3 pound) coffee cans along with a few sample 429421's that I cast whilst smelting and put in a plastic see thru medicine bottle to used for hardness testing before use. In the medicine bottle, is a scrap of paper that indicates the metals batch source such as clip ons, pipe metal, dental lead, range lead, lino, etc.
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