are you still selling the linotype?
I still have a dozen or so of the 40# slugs left that end up being 2/3 Linotype when smelted to ingots. I am sending samples of the smelted slugs off to have analyzed to confirm tin and antimony is the same as the first samples I sent off. I do have both 95% tin solder and Lino that is for sale
Turns out I have the lyman 311316 and 311356 molds, have not used and not sure what the as cast diameter will be. 120 grain but both gas check. I may give those a try as 1,000 or less fps 30/30 and 300BO single load rounds for the kids.
While the posted pictures may look the same, they are different. Smelted over 600# of the used Linotype into ingots starting at 9 this morning and finishing at 3 in the afternoon. had to carry the 600# of raw material about 50 yards around the corner of the barn, 30# to 50# slugs, one at a time. home now and ready for an adult Bev and getting my feet up.
Lead recycler has sent me 9 steel 5 gallon buckets. Will load each up with about 90# of the fines from the lead and strap to a heavy duty pallet next week. they are paying shipping to return to their factory. analysis showed 10% tin, 20% antimony, remanded lead. depending of shipping cost, maybe I will have some positive credit to buy pure lead.
A couple of weeks ago I did buy a second cast iron 3x3 ingot mold. each ingot about 2.5#. really helped speed up with the pouring of ingot.
Picture is 290# of lead. another rack has around 27 of the 6.25# triangle ingots from the angle iron molds I made. probably 1/3 of the time was fluxing and getting the fines out of the pot. My first 450# smelt day. 7 slugs, around 250#, and 150# of COWW are all the raw material I have left. Then I will be thru smelting, at least for now.
Lead recycler has sent me 9 steel 5 gallon buckets. Will load each up with about 90# of the fines from the lead and strap to a heavy duty pallet next week. they are paying shipping to return to their factory. analysis showed 10% tin, 20% antimony, remanded lead. depending of shipping cost, maybe I will have some positive credit to buy pure lead.
A couple of weeks ago I did buy a second cast iron 3x3 ingot mold. each ingot about 2.5#. really helped speed up with the pouring of ingot.
Picture is 290# of lead. another rack has around 27 of the 6.25# triangle ingots from the angle iron molds I made. probably 1/3 of the time was fluxing and getting the fines out of the pot. My first 450# smelt day. 7 slugs, around 250#, and 150# of COWW are all the raw material I have left. Then I will be thru smelting, at least for now.
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