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Default Tire weight alloy

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 12:08:25 PM UTC-8, Terry Coombs wrote:
Anybody know what they're made of ? I need to cast some balls for a ball
mill , and have a choice of pure lead or tire weight material


Ball mills make lots of dust, and lead oxide dust is toxic. Could you just use steel
shot instead (BBs?), or gravel?