I guess I could have edited my last post but thought more would see it if I submitted a new post. I have to back off on my self-righteous statement on the use of side cutters. After going through about 150# of WW, I find myself being less and less critical of the clip ons. I still use them occasionally but it sure does slow down the sorting process. I have a thermometer and keeping the temperature below 700ºF should keep all the zinc out of my alloy. It seems to have worked in the past although I didn't examine the weights that were fished out with the clips. If there is disagreement on this, I would appreciate hearing it.
The volume of iron or steel (Fe) weights doesn't seem as much as I originally thought. There seems to be more lead stick-ons than I used to find.
I should have plenty of WW ingots for my friend.
John
W.TN