Hello, folks,
I was wondering if anyone might have some idea of what type of lead I have found. I located some old sheet lead at a scrap yard that was very thick (almost 1/4" thick), relatively hard (much harder than pure), and had straight well-done solder joints in it that resembled arc welding on steel - I'm guessing it was some type of wall or floor lining?
But with this sheet lead was a roll of squared lead of some type, about 3/8-1/2" across the sides of the squares, and there must be at least 20' or so in this roll. Think of square rope 1/2" thick, but made of lead, in a roll about 2' in diameter.
I can only guess that this may be the solder for some kind of industrial machine that would solder this thick sheet lead? Does anyone have any experience with anything like this? I'm curious about the content, of course, but I'm also curious about how this would have been used (and what does the machine that solders thick sheet flooring look like?).
Thanks for any information or ideas you might have!