A while back a co-worker gave me a full 5 gallon steel bucket filled with "lead".
He told me it was from a decommissioned wave solder machine so I assume it
has a significant amount of tin.
So I have two questions for you boolit masters:
1) How do get it out of the 5gal bucket?
The bucket is rusty so I don't trust throwing it up on the turkey fryer (plus it probably weighs close to 175lb)
2) How can I determine the composition of the alloy?
I was thinking of measuring the temperature at the melting point. If it really is solder it should melt at a much lower temperature than typical boolit alloy.
any ideas? Should have some time off over t-giving to tackle this ingot making project.
thanks, Jeff