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Jon Elson wrote:
David Billington wrote:

I wonder what the pewter I have would work like, it's 92-6-2, 92%
tin, 6% antimony, 2% copper.

I thinbk Pewter is too brittle to be rolled into tubes.

You haven't tried working the stuff then, I can spin a tankard from a
flat disc without any anneals. In high school people regularly formed it
into tubes and soldered the joints. I have never seen it act in a
brittle fashion.
Jon