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That
California lead deal is enviro's run amuck, if they could regulate water
vapor they would.
Brian
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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