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CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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I have babbit... But no idea on actual Contents.

We spoke about it here some months back & I was told to consider it tin.

Ill try a batch this am adding 1/2# of my Babbit to about 2" of previous alloy.

CW
 
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Ole_270

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The only batch of range lead I had tested that I remembered to include copper in the analysis came back 0.20% copper. Guessing this came from all the fragmented jackets leaching a bit out. My low Sn alloys do appear to be pretty tough
 
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Ole_270

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Babbitt can range from at or below ww percentages to nearly pure tin. My Machinery Handbook has several pages of babbitt alloys in print so small it's hard for this ol guy to see. Some are heavy on nickle, not sure what that might do to your casting quality.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Went to a local auction yesterday. Not much a crowd, and it showed. Picked up a mess of building supplies for almost nothing. I must now have $250-300 worth of joist hangers. I have 5 or 6 skillsaws, a couple sanders, some drills and whatnot (cheapies, but they all run), a nice CM chain comealong, and buckets of nails, screws, plumbing and electrical stuff, all for $9.00. Snagged a real heavy duty bale spear, a much needed tractor tire and a couple of decent chainsaws. The big thing I was after I managed to get- A Foley-Belsaw Sharp-All grinder. It's pretty much complete and I can get the couple pieces that are missing. This will join my F-B saw filer and chain grinder in my woodshop. It was a good day.
 
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popper

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Add root killer (Zep) on top of the pot. About 2 tablespoons per Lee bottom dripper. Let it turn white, then mix in and spoon out ALL the dross powder. Don't breathe it. Whatever tin or zinc is in your alloy will be replaced with copper. 0.2- 0.3% Cu is enough.
 
Hawk

Hawk

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Sorry. posted twice.
I wasn't shouting, just couldn't figure out how to change the font on my phone.
 
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CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Great info as always guys!! I remember reading that root killer trick. Never tried.

Anyhow. I had about 2" of that same alloy in the pot. So I added 1/2# of the babbit I have and re cast a couple hundred.
I powder coated them Tuscan Flat Black.

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Then sized .357 and loaded on top of same 4.0g of 231.

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Lastly fired into virgin spot in dry magagines @ 10'.

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I did not quench these. So difference could be as much that as babbit addition. But it did hold together better.
CW
 
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popper

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By the time you dilute the Babbitt to get reasonable tin, copper is basically zero. Recovered from frozen road chat pile, 5', 165gr 40sw, ~>950 fps. Wt retained was 90-95% IIRC. Also 115 XD9. 40 was ~ 6" deep, 9 was ~2". also shot ~ 25yds from 308W into yard sign, cut the 12ga wire in half. Shot a 150# ish hog in rear (20 yds with XDM40, same load), broke front leg and lower jaw, and kept on going. Also shot some 2% cu/50/50 HT that dented a bar of superhard. I use 0.2-0.3% in my alloy, HT or not. I would recommend the Cu for anybody shooting cast against dangerous animals, you WILL get penetration.
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Went to the range with Dawn and Paul this morning. Sweating was the order of the day. It was very hazy, thank you CA fires.

Came home short 200 rounds of 45 ACP, 100 each 44 special and 45 Colt, and 100-125 357 and 44 mag combined.

Many clays sacrificed themselves for our enjoyment. Many bullets went to pieces on a steel plate as well.

Was a good trip, much needed.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Both the chainsaws I got yesterday are runners! Nice Ol' Blue Homelite XL-12 needed some de-carboning in the exhaust but seems to run okay. Poulan 3750, one of the last "good" Poulans worthy of calling them pro level saws, runs great! Needs a decent bar and chain and a muffler bolt but other than that it looks like it doesn't have that much run time on it.

I also more or less fixed the CM chain come along. Aluminum and steel don't like each other very much. I got it working, but I think the ratcheting pin is galled a bit or corroded. Gonna have to find a parts diagram I guess.

I have no idea what I'm going to do with 5 plastic cased B+D/Craftsman skill saws....... Secret Santa?
 
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JonB

JonB

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it's been kinda hot here.
so I've been spending more time than usual in the house and surfing the interwebs.
one of my favorite past times is FB marketplace, I can surf through the For Sale ads for hours.

Speaking of chain saws, I've frequently said the main saw I use is a Stihl MS360 PRO, I bought it new in 2001 (a new version today is around $800)...and I've previously said, that this spring I stumbled into a minty but old Stihl 034 Super for $275, I bought it as a backup to the 360 (it's almost the same saw).
Anyway today, I seen listed on FB, a minty old 036 (not the PRO version) it was listed for $200. I would have jumped on it, but figure I don't need a third saw that size.
 
Ian

Ian

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Did a little corner bead and drywall work in the entry to the room addition, then sanitized and set up six gallons of Mustang wine to ferment using the juice I rendered Friday night from mashed/boiled/strained grapes. After lunch I sorted, de-stemmed, washed, and sterilized another bucket of grapes and got them mashed, diluted a little and sugared up. I'm trying two methods here, one with almost no sulphites (except to clean equipment) and the other with minimal sulphites (added to the whole grape soak water to kill mold and wild yeast and rinsed mostly off before mashing). Also trying single and two-step fermentation.
 
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