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| brogdenlaxmiddie |
 Posted: 05/03/2008 21:11 PM Post subject: lead... where? |
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Where in the world is a good place to find some lead? I need some to melt down into rounds for the dubya and i can't think of any places to get some... :/ any ideas?
Thanks- Brog |
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| Insomniac |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 21:28 PM Post subject: |
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| If I were you, I would try going to a tyre place and ask for some used lead weights that they use to balance wheels. They will probably sell you some used ones cheaply. |
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| joestue |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 21:29 PM Post subject: |
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Car battery
shipyard if you got one or maybe a scrapyard |
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| willarddaniels |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 22:19 PM Post subject: |
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| Tire shops are usually the best. Go to a mom and pop store (not a major chain) first, then hit the franchised stores. Offer to buy it by the bucket; you might be able to get a 5 gallon bucket full for $20.00. If not, then offer $.20/lb for whatever they have. |
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| brogdenlaxmiddie |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 22:32 PM Post subject: |
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| i was thinking more about places around the house that might contain a lot of lead... but thanks 8D |
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| judgment_arms |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 22:47 PM Post subject: |
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Don’t know about you, but ‘round my house the pellet trap is always a good place to look for lead… actually you can find lead just about anywhere in my house from all the pellets I’ve dropped…  |
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| brplatz |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 23:05 PM Post subject: |
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| im not sure if its really lead but an old airsoft gun i had a a bunch of wieghts in it and a couple pounds from a hammer turned em into pancakes. that might work |
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| jook13 |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 23:08 PM Post subject: |
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| Gippeto |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 23:22 PM Post subject: |
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| Tire weights, OLD plumbing drains(try your local city works department), x-ray departments (pipe mills, hospitals, etc.), shooting range. |
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| ammosmoke |
| Posted: 05/03/2008 23:23 PM Post subject: |
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| Go to a good fishing shop and get some downrigger balls. The cheaper 12lb balls are like 15 bucks. |
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| TurboSuper |
| Posted: 05/04/2008 8:02 AM Post subject: |
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| Air rifle pellets? May be a bit pricey, though. |
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| Ragnarok |
| Posted: 05/04/2008 8:07 AM Post subject: |
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| TurboSuper wrote: | | Air rifle pellets? May be a bit pricey, though. |
Indeed, why pay for lead that has been processed to fairly tight tolerances, only to rearrange it? |
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| SpudFarm |
| Posted: 05/04/2008 8:09 AM Post subject: |
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| Insomniac wrote: | | If I were you, I would try going to a tyre place and ask for some used lead weights that they use to balance wheels. They will probably sell you some used ones cheaply. |
hey i got 220lb of those for free and they have melted it down before so those steel things are not in them anymore.. |
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| bob-a-lu |
| Posted: 05/04/2008 8:14 AM Post subject: |
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| ilovetoblowthingsup |
| Posted: 05/04/2008 9:36 AM Post subject: |
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| lol nice one bob, but i'd hit tire places as well, they always have some |
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