nickel babbit ?

[burnt_servo]

anyone have any experience with nickel babbit and bullet casting , either straight , or mixed with soft lead ?

 

[WKAYE]

Yes. I use it all the time. Treat it as pure tin. Add 2% to Wheel Weight for a great alloy. Don't waste it using as is.

 

[Shooter ----/]

Where can a guy scrounge babbit from? My Dad talks about finding it easy in the "old days" but I've come up empty handed.

 

[burnt_servo]

the stuff I found was in the form of saw guides ..... it was something that should have been recycled and recast into new guides , but for what ever reason wasn't and was thrown out .

 

[Shooter ----/]

Thanks. Did not know that.

 

[Got Juice?]

Sawmills, Mines all use Nickle Babbitt... Motion Industries carries pure ingots, but if you ask politely at a mill site they will collect some used babbitt or babbitt ends for you.

 

[Lionel]

Babbitt was used in the olden days as a poured in place bearing for equipment and even some old engines. My dad had some old farm equipment that he burned in a big fire just to get the Babbitt out of. (Also so he could disassemble the packers that they were holding together) He then sifted through the ashes and came up with about an ice cream pails worth of melted Babbitt that he saved for when he would need it next.

He did this over 30 years ago and hasn't "needed" Babbitt for anything since.

 

[Got Juice?]

Babbitt was used in the olden days as a poured in place bearing for equipment and even some old engines. My dad had some old farm equipment that he burned in a big fire just to get the Babbitt out of. (Also so he could disassemble the packers that they were holding together) He then sifted through the ashes and came up with about an ice cream pails worth of melted Babbitt that he saved for when he would need it next.

He did this over 30 years ago and hasn't "needed" Babbitt for anything since.

Babbitt is still indespensible in high pressure loading areas. Where even spherical C4's bearings fear tread....