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    The Melt

    I have been melting 3 types of metals



    AL
    From cans into bars the dross gets sold with my scrap AL I only do up AL for the heck of learning
    The kids get a kick out of a same size AL bar and Lead bar weight difference .

    Zinc dicast
    From small items always over looked - No big value but I did manage to sell 4 pounds for $12, that has not happened again
    Still I keep making the round silver color chunks - Why ?
    Why not ! ,
    Interesting how handles from wood draws ,
    parts from appliances when melted make nice ingots.
    I use ZN from WW also.
    Over all not bad density of weight to size it's not lead but sure not Aluminum .

    Lead

    I have lots of faith to future value of lead currently I make my bars from plumbing scrap and wheel weights - Batteries I don't bother with
    I can not pick up the the 3 gallon pail that is almost half full
    INCREDIBLE the density of weight to size .
    I currently have many WW buckets to go through or catch up on

    I guess what I am doing has become like a hobbie and not much different then tossing coins into a bucket - to one day add up to some money from no place .
    Last edited by Copper Head; 09-14-2013 at 05:39 PM.

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