Then not steel. I’ve managed to melt an aluminum alloy bar on my 1100 watt hot plate (by neglectful accident; I was lucky it wasn’t a mold) so I guess that’s still in the running, but high melt point soft lead spacer strips, as suggested by Rickf1985, Salpal48 and the other wise heads commenting in the thread, seem more and more likely.
Last edited by kevin c; 11-21-2021 at 02:19 AM.
Well I didn't wait, I used a 2 quart cast iron pot on a hot plate.
Best I can tell they melt a little over 460 degrees and solidify about 400 degrees.
I poured 4 ingots in my Lyman ignot mold.
I have ingots in the same mold from WW with 2 percent lead free solder and linotype. I will check the weight and hardness in a few days.
Big Bore = 45+
Mystery strips solved. They are linotype. I took 1 ignot from WW+2% tin, Linotype, and the mystery strips.
All were poured in a Lyman mold.
WW+2% 1.17 pounds, BRN = 14
Linotype 14.8 ounces, BRN = 22
Mystery 14.5 ounces, BRN = 22
I don't know about anyone else, but all the ignots I pour are not exactly the same so the different between the linotype and mystery metal is null and void.
Thank you to everyone that replied to this thread. I gained some knowledge.
Big Bore = 45+
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