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[criticalbass]

Lead safety is pretty simple, but not totally "common sense is all I need."

Before you even melt the first ingot, secure for yourself a solid understanding of the hazards and how to manage the associated risks. CB

 

[Roadking Larry]

The last bucket of wheel weights I melted down netted me about 125# of lead, enough to cast about 3800 230gr .45 acp round nose, for about $30.

 

[BadgerLB]

The last bucket of wheel weights I melted down netted me about 125# of lead, enough to cast about 3800 230gr .45 acp round nose, for about $30.

Where'd you find a tireshop willing to sell you wheelweights?... I'm having trouble.

 

[Old Fart]

Where'd you find a tireshop willing to sell you wheelweights?... I'm having trouble.

The little mom and pop shop usually are pretty east to deal with.
The bigger chains not always so much.
Plus you might check with some of the local salvage yards.
A lot of times they have some as well.

Just check and make sure your not buying a bucket of steel and zinc ww's.
Starting to see lots of those.

 

[Roadking Larry]

Where'd you find a tireshop willing to sell you wheelweights?..

I ain't tellin

Just check and make sure your not buying a bucket of steel and zinc ww's.
Starting to see lots of those.

Just keep your temps below the melting point of zinc and they float up and get skimmed off with the rest of the trash.
But, yeah you sure don't want to buy a bucket full of them.

 

[BadgerLB]

The little mom and pop shop usually are pretty east to deal with.
The bigger chains not always so much.
Plus you might check with some of the local salvage yards.
A lot of times they have some as well.

Just check and make sure your not buying a bucket of steel and zinc ww's.
Starting to see lots of those.

what's fair market value for a 5 gallon bucket of WW's? If they're all lead (no zinc or steel) how many pounds (on average) would it yield? I know that last one is somewhat subjective based on how full the bucket is etc.. and the first question is probably somewhat subjective too, but I don't want to get ripped off

 

[sabot_round]

what's fair market value for a 5 gallon bucket of WW's? If they're all lead (no zinc or steel) how many pounds (on average) would it yield? I know that last one is somewhat subjective based on how full the bucket is etc.. and the first question is probably somewhat subjective too, but I don't want to get ripped off

It would yield about 375lbs once you remove the metal clips. I wouldn't pay more than $0.35 x lb.

 

[BadgerLB]

Sheesh... isn't a pound of lead running about a buck?... Good to know... Anyone in Tulsa got about 50 lbs they wanna let loose at .35 a lb?

 

[sabot_round]

Sheesh... isn't a pound of lead running about a buck?... Good to know... Anyone in Tulsa got about 50 lbs they wanna let loose at .35 a lb?

A buck for cleaned and processed alloy lead? yes!!

 

[BadgerLB]

Ok... I was pricing it on Ebay and its running about a buck a lb for processed plus shipping.

My offer still stands btw... I'll sweeten it with another nickel a lb for raw WW's (.40 per pound)... I'm not looking for 2 or 3 tons of the stuff either, just want enough to get started into casting... anyone wanna help me out?