One major sign you have pure lead + my lead score :)

[Spawn-Inc]

I was doing some work in a building downtown for work (commerical hvac) and was told there was lead for me at the jobsite! i was expecting a couple pounds of random piping lead or a small sheet of lead, but to my surprise/luck it was 145lbs of pure sheet lead used to seal off the space above the drop ceiling for return air. AND i was paid to remove it on top of it all

i just got done melting it all down into ingots and was left with 143lbs and made a video of the lead changing colour which is what indicated it being pure lead if your unsure.

[youtube]GRM4zZ-UBpY[/youtube]

 

[yomomma]

Its a good season for everyone......

I scored 150lbs off the internet

Newbies attending any of the SOHMCO parties will benefit from my windfall

 

[yomomma]

I am noticing that I am having an easier time finding PURE lead than WW....

Time to hit the flee markets looking for tin.... or maybe get into powder coating

 

[Spawn-Inc]

Of all the lead I've got/had most has been pure lead in the form of lead pipe and sheet lead. The rest has been wheel weights and a 10 lb pewter bowl.

I thought you got into powder coating? Could sworn I saw a thread on cast boolits from you.

 

[yomomma]

No not yet...

I have a lead hog doppelganger....bastard

 

[zuke]

Nice haul, and paid to do it ta boot!

 

[nw mb]

...actually you can taste the difference in metals...brass, gold, etc. ...don't know if you could taste the difference in pure vs. un-pure lead? ...i wouldn't want to try! ...but to each their own!! ...bon appetite!!! (...seconds anyone?)

 

[Huntsman]

A pure lead score is always good. I scored this pure stuff last fall which came in a 123lb roll. I cut into smaller hunks for ease of transport.


And a year earlier I scored some pure lead bricks, 18-20lbs x 10

 

[Red_Liner740]

Yea, i have the same problem. 120lbs of pure lead and nothing to harden it with....

anyone got any leads on suppliers in Ontario for stuff to harden pure lead?

 

[Mean Steak]

Yea, i have the same problem. 120lbs of pure lead and nothing to harden it with....

anyone got any leads on suppliers in Ontario for stuff to harden pure lead?

I just use a high tin content solder wire. You can get solder wire at any home improvement store. The tensile strength increases with increasing tin content so read the label and pick up the one with the highest tin content. Then throw it in the pot with your lead. Do a bit at a time until you get the hardness you are looking for.

 

[joehunt]

Anyone try babbit to harden pure lead. I know there are different recipes but most I've seen are mostly tin with a little antimony and copper.

 

[yomomma]

Never done it but I have about 20 lbs stashed away for a rainy day.

Apparently the ingots have historical value and can self up to $90 if you can find the right person

Castboolits has "calculators" for mixing, don't know if that includes babbit.

Might be my read for tonight.

 

[Raton57]

If you have access to old farm machinery the old steel wheels will have babbit bearings in them.

 

[joehunt]

I have access to some babbit. Guess I will have to give it a try one day.