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I just did ten heaping buckets of wheel weights. A buddy got them from a tire shop. He assured my friend they were all lead. No zinc or steel. When I got done there was around 300-350 pounds of zinc and steel wheel weights. Not to mention two five gallon buckets of trash, valve stems, lug nuts, dirt, rocks, candy wrappers, gloves and chew cans. I did end up with 835 pounds of five pound lead ingots. I’ll cast him some bullets in exchange for the lead.
I ended up sorting all ten buckets. It went pretty fast. While one batch was heating I would sort more and add to the batch. My lead pot will hold 125 pounds so it went pretty fast.
I never knew there were steel wheel weights. They were marked FE and a magnet would pick them up. First for me.
The few zinc I missed all floated on the lead. I didn’t temp my lead but must have been well below the zinc melting point.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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All the wheel weights go in the pot
Lead melts. Zinc, iron, and steel float and get skimmed out.
When I want to cast cannon balls, I melt zinc in a cast iron pan over a wood fire.
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37, verse 4.
"The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt." Proverbs 12:27
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