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Thread: Lead from a Pepsi vending machine

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    Lead from a Pepsi vending machine

    My son tore a pepsi vending machine apart and found what looked like a big 2'x2'x3" piece of what looked like lead. I tried melting it down and it won't melt
    It has tubing thru out the thing
    Anybody know what it is?

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    Try a Geiger counter..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Forty Rod Ray View Post
    Try a Geiger counter..
    cooling unit for a Flux Core Capacitor??
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    A counterweight for when it’s full of cans of soda, sure it’s pretty top heavy. I’ve heard of Darwin award winners tipping them over onto themselves to win their award.

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    Could be zinc. Does it ring when struck with a hammer or is it a dull thud?

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    Rings like a bell

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    It’s zinc, scrap man will buy it.

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    Put a few drops of muriatic acid on it. If it's zinc, it will bubble.

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    Rings = likely Zinc.

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    Try a magnet on it could be cast iron.

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    Try the common-sense tests listed above. It is probably a useless piece of some metal used for a counterweight.

    Many many years ago coolers for beer and soda used pure Sn tubing for non-corrosion and non-lethality. I found a 25# roll several years ago at the scrap yard and got it for 50¢/pound. They had no idea what it was. Must have thought it was a roll of steel tubing.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check