Howdy Pards
Hoping this isn’t too novice a question and hope some good person will have some input.
Background: I grew up in a casting world where wheel weights were abundant and often free for the hauling away. Wow! They were lead too … not the iron, zinc, and plastic encountered nowadays. Those days are gone.
Now I’m fortunate in having access to plenty of range lead (composition varies but good guess would be 98-99% lead and 1-2% tin) and recently bought several pounds of monotype (72% lead, 19% antimony, and 9% tin).
Does anyone have a formula for the blending proportions of range lead and monotype to make an alloy with the approximate Brinell hardness of Linotype? How about the mixing proportions to approximate an alloy with the Brinell hardness of wheel weights?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Many thanks and Adios
Fort Reno Kid