Marking ingots

[Anvil]

Some ingots are range fodder, some are wheel weights, some are a mix of both. In the end what really matters is the BNH of the bullet you cast but to get that mix you need to have some idea of what in the lead soup you're making.

I like a bit of zinc in my lead mix just for the funky colors. I tried to mark my ingots in what seemed to me the cheapest way , (permanent marker) but it didn't hold up well in rain and /or the lead deteriorated the marker ink. I thought about getting a brand so I could stamp the ww when I poured them or maybe heat the brand up and stamp the cold ingots but I found something better. You can use an axe or hatchet but I found this log splitter that works like a charm.

The log splitter mark won't fade. (another way to mark your ingots could be to just cast the ww in muffin tins and cast the range fodder in ingot bricks.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k154/bhpmarkiii/markedingots.jpg


http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k154/bhpmarkiii/logsplitter.jpg

[AdamN]

I just use a set of letter stamps. The Wheel Weight ingots I stamp WW.

Pure lead I stamp PB.

I dont have a lot but I stamp my linotype "LINO" It would be a shme to not mark it and have to go thru the hassle of figuring out what it is. Or worse use it as something else.


More that likely that funky color you noticed is pure or near pure lead. It will do that when the temp is up high enough

[cohutt]

I just use a set of letter stamps. The Wheel Weight ingots I stamp WW.

Pure lead I stamp PB.

I dont have a lot but I stamp my linotype "LINO" It would be a shme to not mark it and have to go thru the hassle of figuring out what it is. Or worse use it as something else.


More that likely that funky color you noticed is pure or near pure lead. It will do that when the temp is up high enough

I seen some of dem lino marked ingots once

I use the giant sharpie markers that give you a buzz when you open them; i only mark the bricks that don't fit in the marked ingot containers. No water so no wash off. WW= (duh), PB = pure, BM = berm

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m284/cohutt/pb/misc084.jpg

[Fatdaddy]

I cast all my pure lead in corn dodger molds. WW's get poured in my Lyman mould. I also try to mark ingots by casting session, sort of a crude lot system. Zinc contaminated go in the muffin tins for the scrap yard at $.50/lb.:cryin:

[freakshow10mm]

I either have mixed alloy to my normal spec of 15 BHN or raw material. I mix the alloy when I smelt then pour ingots.

[Flexmoney]

I just use a set of letter stamps. The Wheel Weight ingots I stamp WW.


They practically give those little stamp sets away at Harbor Freight.

[layusn1]

So...really...if I tried to smelt some lead in my backyard, in a typical city neighborhood, how likely would it be for the neighbors to notice and complain about it? Say I wash em all off with a pressure washer (let em dry for a couple of days) and take all the trash out first? I have never encountered the dip problem I keep hearing about but just in case...lol.

[Anvil]

They practically give those little stamp sets away at Harbor Freight.

Went by and picked up a stamp set for $20 with all letters and numbers. Money well spent.