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I am.I would presume you should be very mindful of the dangers of lead, I’m more and more careful around it as I melt it for plumbing joints.
Still putting lead on pipes....I would presume you should be very mindful of the dangers of lead, I’m more and more careful around it as I melt it for plumbing joints.
How many or miles of lead water pipes you think are still in the ground in the north east?Lead and oakem, remodeling old houses has to be done sometimes.
I know this is an old post. When I melt range scrap, I toss everything in a cast-iron pot on a turkey fryer burner. Jackets, sand small rocks, wood, etc. Floats to the top. I have a can I drilled holes in the bottom with a handle attached to shake the lead out of the jackets. Then I simply skim the crud off the melted lead and pour into ingots. Saves a lot of time picking debris out by handI think it will be difficult to get any kind of average weight. I have smelted a lot of range lead and although I know that I get a higher yield of useable alloy compared to wheel weights there are still a lot of differentials. I collect mostly from the 50 yard berm because it gets the most activity. Sometimes it seems that I get a lot of jacketed bullets, however, in the early fall just before deer season I get a lot of shotgun slugs from all the hunters sighting in their slug guns. That changes the ratio considerably. Lot of big chunks of heavy lead. At other times it seems like a lot cast bullets. I also pick out all useless debris at the berm (rocks, sticks etc). In my shed I have many buckets of range lead, wheel weights, lead pipe, general scrap. I find it is enough work keeping up with smelting, casting, sizing, loading and so on, it has never occurred to me to weigh before and after. Let us know what you figure out. Interesting.
Oh nice soft stuff there, any markings on the octagon ?Lead? I have lead, who's buying?View attachment 836901
Not a clue, I'll look tomorrrow.Oh nice soft stuff there, any markings on the octagon ?
Those rolls of lead flashing are expensive. Check out the prices on home depot and put it on market place.Lead? I have lead, who's buying?View attachment 836901
Only if you’re selling to a construction worker. No one in the casting community would pay that price for lead.Those rolls of lead flashing are expensive. Check out the prices on home depot and put it on market place.
That was my thought. A roofer or mason would pick that upOnly if you’re selling to a construction worker. No one in the casting community would pay that price for lead.
Im doubtful…. If the market was strong for old rolls of lead flashing it would harder to find.That was my thought. A roofer or mason would pick that up
$160/50# is not terrible when you need lead AxBxC dimensions like flashing.Those rolls of lead flashing are expensive. Check out the prices on home depot and put it on market place.
You might want to toss this in the classifieds or let someone on the casting and coating mega thread know.Somebody wants to come and give me .50 # for all of it, they can take it.
2 rolls flashing
Few blocks
Pail is full of lead too
Black powder guys often have other alloy to trade for dead soft.Ok kids. I have plenty of lead but it's dead soft and I need antimony. Wheel weights, range lead, rotometals I know about.
Any other sources? Trying to keep the cost down obviously.
Where are you located?Ok kids. I have plenty of lead but it's dead soft and I need antimony. Wheel weights, range lead, rotometals I know about.
Any other sources? Trying to keep the cost down obviously.
Maybe canBlack powder guys often have other alloy to trade for dead soft.
You local to rockland ma? I could trade some range scrap already melted down to ifnots . IIRC its about 12bhn per pencil test
This is for a shot dripper experiment. So looking for about 4 5 6 ish percent mix.How high is "up"???