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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Casting ingots - now it's raining Jul 4^th, 2013 at 8:33pm	Print Post
	Been casting 1 Lb ingots of tin (96% tin 3.5% silver and 0.5% copper) and now it's raining. The pot is covered and the ingots in the mould will CHILL.
	« Last Edit: Jul 4^th, 2013 at 9:10pm by Cat_Whisperer »
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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #1 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 10:14pm	Print Post
	Send some cool weather our way, it's been well over a 100 for six days now and it just peaked at 108 for the day.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #2 - Jul 4^th, 2013 at 10:19pm	Print Post
	Had a break. Finished 100 lbs. Done for now. ONLY 80-90 dF here and many inches of rain. Garden is going wild!

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #3 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 7:34pm	Print Post
	OK. How does one ship 70 lbs in a MEDIUM flat rate box (for $12.95)? (I need to add a couple of pieces of plywood filler - one below and one above to make it solid.)

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #4 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 7:37pm	Print Post
	This is the steel liner - 0.050" thick to keep the contents INSIDE the box.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #5 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 7:39pm	Print Post
	More pix tomorrow. John - should be in the mail MONDAY. Should I label it: FRAGILE or GET HELP ?

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #6 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 8:44pm	Print Post
	Pricing?

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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 784 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #7 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:00pm	Print Post
	Tape the ingots up! Got a box looked just like that in tin. If he had not taped them in bundles, they would of dropped out of box.That many holes in box. I also double box since there free. Pete

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #8 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:07pm	Print Post
	I will have to consider this carefully. AT THE MATCH I charge $6 a pound. What you see took a half day of my time. (Royal PITA) (That's why, I now remember, I haven't sold ANY by mail order.) IF I do yield to demand, I'll go to $10 a pound plus net shipping (no handling). I have about another 100 lbs to part with. IF someone were to offer to carry a bunch to a particular ASSRA match, I would part with it for $6 a pound - to support participation. Moody Holler - I've set aside 30-35 lbs for you - no rush, even in a year or two is OK. Let me know if that quantity is OK.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #9 - Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:10pm	Print Post
	Skalkaho wrote on Jul 6^th, 2013 at 9:00pm: Tape the ingots up! Got a box looked just like that in tin. If he had not taped them in bundles, they would of dropped out of box.That many holes in box. I also double box since there free. Pete They WILL be taped. The iron is tough for ANYTHING to get through too. (We get magnets (of similar density) shipped in all the time this way where I work.)

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #10 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 7:18pm	Print Post
	First pic - board on bottom, .050" steel surrounding and ONE bar of tin. Second pic - ready to close. No pic of one BAND around the box.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #11 - Jul 7^th, 2013 at 7:19pm	Print Post
	I will mail tomorrow. John may or may not post pix of how it got there! 68.60 lbs. (Gross weight)

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Casting ingots - now it's raining Reply #12 - Jul 8^th, 2013 at 6:08pm	Print Post
	Wheeled it into the PO at lunch. Everyone agreed I got my money's worth from the flat rate box.

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