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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:06 pm

When you are doing large batches at once it's not that bad, I would load the pot and then go tinker with the car while it melted and then flux it once it was liquid, and pour it into the molds with the big iron dipper. Casting into bullets takes a lot longer as you are dealing with smaller amounts at a time, and bullets have to be perfect while ingots just need to harden.
I should point out one thing about modern wheel weights, they are not all created equal. Some are harder than others, different alloy, while some are not even lead any more but zink. This was brought to my attention by a mechanic friend of mine who just put new tires on his truck. If you find a supply from the 70's then it's going to be 90/10, but modern stuff can be that, or, 20/80, maybe 30/70, alloyed with antimony, or tin, maybe other things. Nothing stays simple any more. I have found some stuff that's very hard, counterweights of some sort, I will have to get a hardness tester one of these days. Soon will come the days when we will have to buy directly from the commercial lead suppliers to get the alloys we need. We are not seeing it come in as much as we once did, plumbers, and roofers don't use it, and now tire shops are getting away from it. Check old abandoned houses from the 30's and earlier ( with owners permission) you might find the water pipes and poo pipes are made of lead, yes, people once drank water that flowed through lead pipes.
Just let me know when you are ready Russell, and how much you need, I still have one and a half 5 gallon buckets full of the stuff.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby bunkysdad » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:20 am

The modern wheel weights that are zinc are easy to identify fortunately, as most of them have a ZN on them with the weight in oz or Gr. But even easiere than that is the fact that they just float on top of the melted 90/10 weights unless you leave them in too long or the smelter heat is too high. they eventually melt, just have to be careful. I see alot of weights that are steel now. Especially on European cars like BMW or Mercedes. I just like the P-series weights, they are the ones for steel wheels with hub caps, and are not painted. My company won't let me take old weights or I would have all I ever wanted.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:46 pm

They are probably selling the weights to guys like me, a few years ago we shipped two, full to the top 55 Gallon drums full of them for scrap. We are talking thousands of pounds worth. I probably have near 800 pounds now, I have not checked lately back by the tire machine.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby bunkysdad » Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:39 pm

Actually they got some deal going with a battery company. They provide a few buckets by each of our wheel balancers, and every now and then they pick them up. They recycle the lead for use in battery manufacturing.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby bunkysdad » Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:17 pm

Hey I received my Lead today and I gotta tell you. I'm real happy with it. This is some great looking ingots. Thanks Jim! I think I'll make another order soon just to stock up! :P
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:14 am

Glad you like it, and apologize to the mail delivery person for me about the hernia :) I still have some left, but we are finally seeing the end in sight, one bucket is now empty, the other has noticeably reduced contents. I can still cook up some 90/10 regular stuff if need be once this current lot is gone.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby bunkysdad » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:42 am

yeah and my wife loves it even more, as I temporarily left it stacked on the kitchen counter. I have been ordered to get it out of the kitchen, before my nect meal becomes lead poisoned! I just love her passion! I tell you what else I love is the Lebel rounds.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:35 pm

I wanted to put in enough to give you a full clip of five but I would have had to pull too much lead out. Do not eat the lead, bad things happen when you eat the lead.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Mon May 17, 2010 8:25 am

Hard lead for sale, get yer hard lead here :) Still have a bit left, when it's gone it's gone, then it's all wheel weight lead if I do another batch ( I am selling this off for the Old Man, it's a lot of work with some lead for myself as the only reward and I have 800+ pounds) already
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:38 am

Another 25 pounds has been spoken for :) Still have a little bit left, and then it's all gone forever.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:03 am

Two more boxes of lead have been spoken for, about 60 pounds or less remaining. From here on out I will not be able to squeeze 25 pounds into the little boxes anymore, contact me and I will pack a box, what I can fit is what you pay for. I have only the smaller ingots left, I needed the slightly oversize ones to get 25 lbs in the little box, but I can still pack 40 or more pounds into the 10.95 box, or 11.95 I forget the flat rate at the moment.
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Re: hard lead for sale

Postby Junk Yard Dog » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:43 am

Not much left now, get it while you can.
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