I am going to get my second load (2500 lbs) of lead next weekend from a gun range. This range has a collection system built into it's trap so that the bullets end up in a 5 gallon bucket. It comes out to 16 cents a pound once all the brass is separated out (about 50%). Wheel weights and lead pipes are contain antimony which is better if your weight is also part of your frame, such as a skid because the antimony adds strength to the lead. But antimony is a pain to melt and keep mixed because it melts at a higher temperature than lead. This gun range is in Arkansas and I'd be happy to put you in touch with the manager there. I've got a web page with lots of details on working with lead if you care to have a look. http://jackson.parcabul.com/sub/lead.html
Biting the Bullet
Doug J
In a message dated 3/18/2004 9:33:37 PM Central Standard Time, jmachine@adelphia.net writes:
I got two and a half five gallon pails full of lead weights from one tire
shop. I hit the mother load at that one. We had to unload some from each
pail to move them. It cooked down to about three hundred pounds as I
recall. I have a total of six hundred pounds, some I collected quite a
while back.
It's not hard to melt down. The steel parts float on the top of the molten
lead and are easy to scoop off. I made a melting pot out of a piece of six
inch diameter pipe and melted it over a wood fire. I have melted it in a
bunch of bricks made into a circle stacked about a foot high with an old oil
burner gun shooting flames into the pile of bricks with the melting pot
inside. That melted it fast. I generally look around and see what I have
at hand to do the job.
Tire weights are great. They are available cheep and easy to handle. Also,
they aren't pure lead. I don't know what the make up is exactly but they
are harder then pure lead.
Dan H.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Poulin" <pipo305@hotmail.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cheap and heavy...
> Dan,
>
> You said that you got lead from a tire shop. How much did you get? How
much
> time did it take?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pierre "leadless" Poulin
>
>
>
> >From: Steven Mills <cirtemoeg@juno.com>
> >Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> >Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cheap and heavy...
> >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:12:51 -0800
> >
> >While anyone is at this, I've been looking for lead in bulk. I tried the
> >local
> >plumbing and contractors supplies, but one needs to have a license in
> >order to buy quantity. I tried the boatshops, but most around here are
> >into powerboats, so no new or used leaded keels. It can be shot, plug,
> >brick....I don't care.
> >
> >50lbs should suffice for me for now.
> >
> >--Steve
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:41:05 -0500 "Pierre Poulin" <pipo305@hotmail.com>
> >writes:
> > >
> > > No, I'm not talking about my boss...
> > >
> > > I'm looking for some sort of material to use as drop weight. I need
> > > about
> > > 700-800 pounds.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks to all!
> > >
> > > Pierre Poulin
> > >
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