buck1
10-05-2010, 07:26 PM
The other dayI noticed lots of boolits laying on the dump at the public outdoor range. Well I couldnt help myself. I found a old wire mesh basket and cought the range void of shooters.I spent a hour scraping the dump between the weeds.
Today I metled the mess of ore like lead ,jacketed bullets and dirt and rocks down. I had some odds and ends of unknown lead laying arround so in it went. I also had some chunks of stuff I had came across years ago that looked like unfluxed dross from some sort of type melt project(just a guess).
It was a pain but the range scrap all melted or got skimmed off, fluxed and poured. About 100#s or so in ingots now.
BUT I may have been right about the dross as my melt kept getting a heavy tin oxide film on it very fast. It acted like type alloy.
I havent hardness tested it yet but it seems fairly soft somewhere about WW from my drop,clang tests. But it does have a bit of a ring also.
I am thinking that I have some tin rich lead not unlike the old 20:1 or there abouts. It should be good to alloy with after I test cast a bit just to be safe..Buck:drinks:
Today I metled the mess of ore like lead ,jacketed bullets and dirt and rocks down. I had some odds and ends of unknown lead laying arround so in it went. I also had some chunks of stuff I had came across years ago that looked like unfluxed dross from some sort of type melt project(just a guess).
It was a pain but the range scrap all melted or got skimmed off, fluxed and poured. About 100#s or so in ingots now.
BUT I may have been right about the dross as my melt kept getting a heavy tin oxide film on it very fast. It acted like type alloy.
I havent hardness tested it yet but it seems fairly soft somewhere about WW from my drop,clang tests. But it does have a bit of a ring also.
I am thinking that I have some tin rich lead not unlike the old 20:1 or there abouts. It should be good to alloy with after I test cast a bit just to be safe..Buck:drinks: