On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:18:05 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Aug 30, 5:25*am, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote:

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*I didnt have a chance to actually test the stuff.
...
So Im always a bit...anxious about "linotype"

Ah - if I were I linotype seller (Bill ... ?), I'd take this as a
marketing lesson and sell my stuff in its original form (type sticks),
rather than melted into ingots. *The buyer could be sure that it was
linotype.

Bob

But the alloy in type isn't always linotype. Had some type I got from
a scrap dealer that was separate pieces, not cast in lines, had to
change my alloy composition considerably to get it to cast right,
seemed like it was a lot higher in tin. I've bought linotype ingots,
with the loop in the end, that stuff worked out pretty well for making
#2 alloy.

Stan

"MonoType" was at one time very popular with printers and its
significantly harder than linotype.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_metal

Gunner


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