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yomomma

yomomma

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Why does finding another tire store that will sell me all their wheel weights excite me so?


I have a bunch of small dealers lined up that should net me a pail a month. Probably more than I will ever need, but hey, I have always said buy it when you see it.

Lead is getting harder to find as a lot of people are getting into casting to help cut costs.

My goal for next year is to break the 1ton mark for my lead reserves.

Life is good :)
 
You'll get over it - I passed 2 1/2 tons a few years ago, and I did.

The funny thing about demand for lead is not that there's any shortage, but people wanting it for free.

Put up an ad for wheelweight already in ingots at $1/lb and you'll get flakes offering half that, or wanting only 10 lbs.
 
I get a kick out of the fishing weights in the sporting goods stores. At something like $1 per 3 one ounce fishing weights it seems like a ripoff to me when I use my "seconds" lead to make fishing weights. I've got about 1 1/2 paint cans of fishing weights and have given some away to coworkers because they were whining about the high prices.

But then lucking out on a score of lead a couple of years ago has me jaded when it comes to how I look at the general situation of lead supply around me.

Gotta love the hunt for lead, though.
 
the best fishing weights-- .308-30-06 etc brass filled with lead a loop for hookup, usually a cotter pin,and the best weight ever. They rarely stick under rocks cheap as dirt
 
RockChucker said:
Better start being selective regarding wheel weights lots of zinc out there now. Zinc contamination makes for a poorly filled out mold and lots of reject bullets.

RC
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Zinc contamination shouldn't even be an issue unless your melting your lead at some ridiculous temperature. There is a 92 deg C difference in the melting temperature between the two (pretty significant). If you set your melt temperature to 350 deg Celcius (lead melts at 327.5C) , Zinc will never melt (melts at 419.5C), it will just float on top and you skim it off with all the steel clips.
 
Canadian_Zuk said:
Zinc contamination shouldn't even be an issue unless your melting your lead at some ridiculous temperature. There is a 92 deg C difference in the melting temperature between the two (pretty significant). If you set your melt temperature to 350 deg Celcius (lead melts at 327.5C) , Zinc will never melt (melts at 419.5C), it will just float on top and you skim it off with all the steel clips.
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That only works if you're melting lead in small batches in an electric pot. Harder to control temp when you're using a four gallon pot over a forced air wood furnace.
 
I wish I could find enough wheel weights to be worth melting. I only have a small box with about five pounds in it. All my lead so far has been indoor range scrap, with a bucket of recovered outdoor range scrap weighing 50 pounds waiting to be done.
 
yomomma said:
Why does finding another tire store that will sell me all their wheel weights excite me so?


I have a bunch of small dealers lined up that should net me a pail a month. Probably more than I will ever need, but hey, I have always said buy it when you see it.

Lead is getting harder to find as a lot of people are getting into casting to help cut costs.

My goal for next year is to break the 1ton mark for my lead reserves.

Life is good :)
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