Was out on an afternoon ride with SWMBO and we stopped at a little craft shop that specializes in handmade pewter items. While she was looking around I struck up a conversation with the owner and was able pick up a little over 3 pounds of pewter shavings from their lathe. They told me that the composition is 92% tin, 6% lead, 2% antimony, should be perfect to sweeten up my WW melt. Paid less than 1/2 what Rotometals gets for their tin.
Home run!
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That's a good find. Wish I had that kind of good fortune.
Courage is being scared to death-but saddling up anyway. John Wayne
A man has to do what a man has to do. John Wayne
You've got them under contract, I hope.
They were real nice folks, they normally just remelt the shavings, but said that I could come back any time.
I suppose every other day would be pushing things?
Sweet. Be sure to keep them Happy... I have a tire shop in Houston where i garner my WW's. Found the shop and asked the owner if he kept the old ones. Yep. Nailed two 5 gallon buckets of them for $40. OK, asked him to save all he could. Went back two weeks later with a case of beer and about a dozen homemade Venison sausage & egg biscuits. (i make the sausage) After loading up more WW's in the PU truck, I went back to pay for the days haul with biscuits and beer in hand. I placed all on the counter and was greeted with smiling faces of proprietor and employees. As I reached for my wallet, i was offered clear instructions, "Gracias amigo. Bueno por!" I too smiled and left the shop with my money in my pocket and the WW's in my truck.
(No..will not reveal where shop is!)
Nose Dive
Cheap, Fast, Good. Kindly pick two.
Last edited by Nose Dive; 06-15-2013 at 12:37 PM.
Good job!
What's the old saying?
"The way to a man's wheelweights is through his stomach",
or something like that.
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