OK, having a few hours off between swapping to night shift, i wandered around a little bit in the small town i'm currently working in. HMMMM, a scrap yard!!!!!!! So, i stopped in, asked about some lead for sale, "sure, come on over here" Long story short, 35 minutes and $83 dollars later, i got 13 bars of solder, mixed up in 60/40 and 50/50, plus the rest of the 83 pounds in wheel weight ingots, and plumbing "p" traps with all kinds of soldered joints in them!! Plus, a source that will sell to the public!!!! Not too bad. $1 a pound for bar solder?? Uhhhh, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(it gets better)
Second stop, when turning on my exit to my trailer park, i see ANOTHER scrap yard!!! HMMM
Same scenario." you got any lead" same answer, "come on over here"
So, the attendant said we got this bin full, oh, wait i think there is another barrel over here!! In said barrel is about 250+ pounds of SAECO stamped ingots, " what are those, i asked. This lady cleaned out her husband's reloading room, after he had passed, that was her answer. RIP fellow caster. Got any idea of content says me, reply, "He bought the wheel weights here for all of his casting." Thank you, 75 pounds of SAECO stamped ingots in the truck now, $93( this was $1.25 a pound instead of $1 a pound) and i will be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plus the buckets.
Awesome score for me as i usually have to do the gather, sort, and remelt of wheel weights and deal with the clips,etc.
PM me for the address of both yards, (as they are in EAST Texas).
Just passing along some info to my fellow casters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be at work tonight, so if don't answer immediately, i'll get to ya asap.