How to tell wheel weights apart?

[agentzero]

Yep, you tube is your friend.

Errr. I don't know... some of the videos there... ha ha.

[fenderstrat]

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?

[bladeracer]

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?

Any of the linotype's have high mounts of antimony (2-20%), or just use lead shot like I do. Lead shot is 2-6% antimony plus some arsenic, for a similar price to buying pure lead. Lead Free Solder has a small amount of antimony, too small to be economical.
Just using magnum lead shot gets you about 13BHN with no additives.
50/50 solder added to it at 50/50 takes it to about 18BHN, but it's expensive due to the tin solder. A kilo of lead shot might cost you $10 but the kilo of 50/50 solder will cost you nearer $50.

[bladeracer]

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?

Or Ebay for $65/kg
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331964516167

[duncan61]

I am a plumber and have pure lead.The solder idea to get tin is cool

[lole]

Errr. I don't know... some of the videos there... ha ha.

I've spent days of my life there watching 'fail' videos