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John Boy
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918 Lbs of Lead Now Ingots
Feb 5th, 2019 at 6:29pm
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I took all my "little ingots" - 1/2lb up to 2lb muffins and melted them into 6 lb ingots.  The 918 lbs is comprised of 17 different alloys from pure Pb up to Linotype @ 20.6 Bhn
All 6 pounders are now alloy & Bhn marked (spent some time with the lead tester for the little ones that I never alloy marked)
Now to move the ingots to a cleaned out space in the basement and prepare a spreadsheet so I know what I have - At Last  Grin
  
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Re: 918 Lbs of Lead Now Ingots
Reply #1 - Feb 5th, 2019 at 10:48pm
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Be careful of your back moving all that lead Smiley

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Re: 918 Lbs of Lead Now Ingots
Reply #2 - Feb 6th, 2019 at 8:54am
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I picked up 1,000 # of pure lead for $900. Lead casing 1/4"around 3" copper wire from an Industrial site. They ran A skill saw down the wire and just peeled the casing off. Cut it into 3' pieces. Should keep me busy this spring......
  
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Re: 918 Lbs of Lead Now Ingots
Reply #3 - Feb 6th, 2019 at 12:05pm
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Sounds like old phone wiring for underground use Pete. I used to salvage it off jobs regularly when I was a construction electrician. But it got to where every guy on the job was competing to grab it for fishing sinkers.
  
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Re: 918 Lbs of Lead Now Ingots
Reply #4 - Feb 6th, 2019 at 1:09pm
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Of the 918 lbs, 336lbs is all sheet lead from the recycle centers.  Average price for the 99.5% Pb, believe Class is C type. Was 60 to 85 cents a pounds

August: Have a floor pallet with casters - supports 300 lbs.  Did a trial run this AM and mod is needed. Drill 2 holes & attach a rope. Then pallet pulled instead of pushed
  
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