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Hello Frank, Some of my friends and I have are local tire retailers, and wrecking yards save the old wheel weights they remove and melt them down for anchors, muzzle loader balls, and canon balls. The lead alloy is harder then lead by it's self since they add things like antimony and tin to it. Put for are purposes, that shouldn't be an issue. Some call it Antimonial Lead. We obtain most are wheel weights for free, but some times have to pay some thing like .07 cents a pound. Of course you still have to melt it down and remove the steel tabs. http://www.lead-battery-recycling.com/Other-Lead-Scrap.html It looks like they are phasing out lead wheel weights in California. http://www.takepart.com/blog/2008/08/21/lead-wheel-weights-to-be-phased-out-in-california-by-end-of-2009/ I had saved a few old batteries to melt down the lead plates for muzzle loading, but also noticed that there wasn't much to the old plates, and didn't see it as being worth all the trouble and toxic fumes. It's all in the pursuit of a even keel. As for me if I was on a even keel, then I wouldn't have a chance of having the boat all to myself. ;}' Regards, Szybowski From: ShellyDalg@aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:46:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Side Thruster Options To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Hi Les. Sounds like you're making good progress. I'll check your new pics soon.
On the lead from batteries.....way more trouble than it's worth. Most of the lead in an old battery is worthless oxide. I tried breaking an old one down, melting all the crap, and ended up with a tiny bit of dirty lead and a whole bunch of toxic crap left over. There's places on ebay that sell lead ingots and ship free but it's pricey! The cheapest I've found there was 76 cents a pound. At 1800 pounds, OUCH! Frank D.
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