juststarting wrote:This is my lack of experience talking, but does that imply that there's only two alloys used in wheel weights? Zinc (no good), and whatever else (suitable for casting)? I thought there was also lead or even more variants?
juststarting wrote:This is my lack of experience talking, but does that imply that there's only two alloys used in wheel weights? Zinc (no good), and whatever else (suitable for casting)? I thought there was also lead or even more variants?
Supaduke wrote:A place to source lead may also be lead light window suppliers. All the stripping around the stained glass is pure lead. Never bothered with casting but my ol man used to make stained glass windows and he had shiploads of lead.
juststarting wrote:I am looking at wheel weights, rather than pure lead to get the right hardness for Marlin 44MAG. Everything I read, I think some on the forum here says that lead is too soft for it.
Back to wheel weights, it's my preference since I don't have to go far and look or buy it, just drop by the local tyre place and grab a bunch. Also, alloy hardness. I'd like to keep the bore as lead free as I can.
Anyway, none of them are stamped, some do make a different noise when whacked with steel. So yeah, it's YouTube time.
Oldbloke wrote:Yep, you tube is your friend.
Mango bill wrote:A good source of tin that's easy to find is pewter, it's nearly all tin with a little bit of copper that can be skimmed off the top of the melt. You can find it scrounging around the Op Shops. You don't need much so a pewter goblet will go a long way.
fenderstrat wrote:Mango bill wrote:A good source of tin that's easy to find is pewter, it's nearly all tin with a little bit of copper that can be skimmed off the top of the melt. You can find it scrounging around the Op Shops. You don't need much so a pewter goblet will go a long way.
What about antimony? Where do you get that?
fenderstrat wrote:Mango bill wrote:A good source of tin that's easy to find is pewter, it's nearly all tin with a little bit of copper that can be skimmed off the top of the melt. You can find it scrounging around the Op Shops. You don't need much so a pewter goblet will go a long way.
What about antimony? Where do you get that?
agentzero wrote:Errr. I don't know... some of the videos there... ha ha.