Started collecting and separating wheel weights for casting.
I use the pinch method for the initial separation. Lots of info on YouTube about this. In a nutshell. If you can pinch and leave a mark its lead. If you can’t it is not.
Ended up with 27.8 pounds of wheel weight
Got everything setup and melted them down.
Letting the last batch cool:
Stacked and ready to start casting
| Metal | Fahrenheit ( f ) | Celsius ( C ) |
| Phosphorus | 111 | 44 |
| Selenium | 423 | 217 |
| Tin | 449 | 232 |
| Babbitt | 480 | 249 |
| Bismuth | 521 | 272 |
| Cadmium | 610 | 321 |
| Lead | 621 | 328 |
| Zinc | 787 | 420 |
| Aluminum Alloys | 865-1240 | 463-671 |
I got the pot up to ~700 degrees. everything still solid at that point was scooped off with the ladle. I did a saw dust flux and poured the ingots.
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