On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:39:26 -0500, Tom Gardner mars@tacks wrote:

On 1/24/2012 5:01 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:21:09 -0500, Tom Gardnermars@tacks wrote:

On 1/15/2012 6:40 PM, Ignoramus30685 wrote:
On 2012-01-15, Gunner wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:20:16 -0500, Tom Gardnermars@tacks wrote:

On 1/15/2012 5:01 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:18:59 -0500, GeoLane at PTD dot NETGeoLane at
PTD dot NET wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:45:30 -0500, Tom Gardnermars@tacks wrote:

On 1/13/2012 9:49 PM, Ignoramus16789 wrote:
On 2012-01-13, Tom Gardnermars@tacks wrote:


Next time you are there ask if they have any Tin scrap for sale.


If you seriously want to buy several tons or hundreds of lbs of tin,
contact me. I know someone who scraps #1 tin ingots. I may work out a
deal or something and make a couple of bucks.

i


I just want enough to raise the percentage of Tin in my lead
wheel-weight alloy to make it flow better. My scrap guy doesn't ever
get Tin, it's hard to find around here. Need some wire brushes?


I could use some tin too, but not hundreds of pounds.
Iggy / Tom - put together a joint purchase?
How much do we have to buy to get the guy to sell?
Any other lead casters here?

RWL

Gunner raises his hand


One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch

What's a good source of scrap Tin? How do you dissolve it into Lead?

Thats a very very good question. Scrap Tin is harder than hell to find.
It does melt into lead at about 800F or there abouts. You have to heat
it hot, melt it in, then drop the temperature back before the antimony
burns out.

I have five lbs of pewter in forms of commemorative plates.

It is for sale, price is $20

i

The problem with Pewter is that one never knows what's in it and at what
ratios.

Very true. And the same with the new tape on wheel weights

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch


Any Zinc will ruin the whole pot. I bet it's getting more difficult to
get lead WWs, especially in CA.

Ayup. A friend came over once..and filled my gas fired rough melting pot
(150 lbs) with wheel weights and managed to stir in some zinc tape
weights..probably no more than 6 oz or so. Ruined the lead. Which was
not noted until 150 lbs of bullets had been cast from the ingots it
produced. A reallllllll ****er. I had to dump the bullets..melted them
back down to ingots and sold them to a guy who does fishing weights
which didnt come close to covering my time or replacement lead. And it
was a pain in the ass trying to figure out why the bullets were not
filling the moulds over a couple weeks..and then noticing zinc oxide
showing up on the bullets themselves and asking my partner about ":Where
the **** did the zinc come from????""" and he pointing out the "funny
shaped wheel weights" he had mixed into the batch. Grrrr. Took a couple
hours getting all the crap out of the pot too! before I could reuse it
for bullet casting.

As for wheel weights...ayup..they are getting very hard to find here. I
hit some of my favorite tire shops last year and scarfed up a few
thousand pounds, but thats not 5 yrs worth of shooting. Ive put the call
out to a buddy of mine in Aridzona for wheel weights and he has been
picking some up here and there. I try to bulk cast ingots about every
3-5 yrs simply because its a pain in the ass to do, and then cast into
bullets as needed.

The last 3 yrs..Ive not shot a hell of a lot..the recovery from the
heart surgery left my chest a bit tender...but its all healed up (the
3rd anniversery of my heart surgery is today btw) and I can now lay out
and shoot the fun stuff without any pain or issues.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch