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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2014, 10:20:27 PM »
Whats a good source for pewter? Melt old beer mugs ? Brownells?

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« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2014, 08:37:07 PM »
Whats a good source for pewter? Melt old beer mugs ? Brownells?

Yes, surprisingly over a period of time You can collect several damager pewter pieces and mugs at yard sales and antique shops relatively cheep.
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« Reply #27 on: July 04, 2014, 10:09:36 PM »
Thanks, I will be looking for some pewter. This is way to cool not to try!

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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #28 on: July 12, 2014, 05:22:14 PM »
Whats a good source for pewter? Melt old beer mugs ? Brownells?

Pewter is like 95% tin and 5% other stuff...lead, copper, etc.  You can use tin which is commercially available for casting bullets.  I bet wheelweights would work, too.  Much harder than lead, melts easily, dirt cheap.

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« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2014, 05:47:13 AM »
Good Hard wheel weights melt easy and flow well, most likely better than pewter.
Cheaper too!
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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2014, 06:59:16 PM »
I use high speed babbit that I was given by a fellow who worked in a saw mill here, about thirty years ago.  It casts well and finishes up to a high polish like pewter, if that is what you want.  I'm pretty sure this stuff has nickel in it.
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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2014, 07:30:02 PM »
Taylor,
I worked in a shop that did nothing but Babbitt bearings and the material was Copper-Antimony-Tin.
The last one I worked on was huge and weighed about a ton including the cast steel housing which was
made in three segments.

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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2014, 03:44:10 AM »
I use high speed babbit that I was given by a fellow who worked in a saw mill here, about thirty years ago.  It casts well and finishes up to a high polish like pewter, if that is what you want.  I'm pretty sure this stuff has nickel in it.

I use that as well for several applications. Copper, nickel alloy. It can also have tin content as mentioned but mine is copper-nickel.
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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2014, 08:16:25 PM »
Try the Goodwill stores. I have had luck picking up "pewter" mugs and candle sticks - typically less than $2.00 per.
Most seem to be Britannia metal which is supposed to be tin (92%), antimony (6%) and copper (2%). Keep the temp up but below the char point of wood!
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« Reply #34 on: August 14, 2014, 03:03:28 AM »
I've never done this but Hershel's original videos showed him using a graphite pencil to blacken in the grooves which he says allows the pewter to flow smoothly.  He poured from the nose and it worked perfectly.  Worth a try?

Very much worth the try. I poured my second nose cap on a halfstock last week. I took a chance and didn't preheat the barrel, but I rubbed plenty of graphite from a carpenter's pencil into the mortise and low and behold, no holes! I could tell the difference in how the flow improved over the last time without graphite.

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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #35 on: November 23, 2014, 09:27:10 AM »
I have poured hundreds with a stainless soup ladle from the grocery store I bent the handle on. Holds enough for several if doing a more than one.

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Got a smaller stainless steel gravy ladle at the 99¢ store & bent a pour spout into it.  Next project is to make a wooden handle & rivet it on  - classier and easier to pour with than the visegrips.

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« Reply #36 on: April 27, 2015, 10:53:45 PM »
http://www.rotometals.com/Pewter-Alloys-s/23.htm

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Linotype metal.  The linotype looks fine, casts great. Bullelt casters may have some. 

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« Reply #37 on: May 01, 2015, 10:39:57 PM »
I did a little experimenting making knife bolsters and the graphite was what made the difference.....otherwise on the other piece I had the same problem Rolf discussed.
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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #38 on: May 05, 2015, 12:57:14 AM »
The pot is made boring out a piece of 40mm round stock Spout and handel are threaded to the pot and secured by welding beads on the outside.

I plan to use the pot on a elecric stove to melt the pewter. I've heated oil on the stove to 300 celsius, so it should work. Pewter melts at 270 celsius. Hopfully the spout will reduce spillage.





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Celsius!! What's that in English? just wanting to know. We don't do much metric stuff here in the States.

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« Reply #39 on: May 20, 2015, 08:26:50 PM »
Google "Celsius to fahrenheit"   Lot's of converters will result.

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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #40 on: June 02, 2015, 05:56:51 AM »
Google "Celsius to fahrenheit"   Lot's of converters will result.

[1.8 x (value in Celsius)] + 32 = Degees Fahrenheit
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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #41 on: June 02, 2015, 01:24:42 PM »
Google "Celsius to fahrenheit"   Lot's of converters will result.

[1.8 x (value in Celsius)] + 32 = Degees Fahrenheit

Is this what Taylor called "Foreignheat"?

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Re: Melting pot for pouring pewter nose caps.
« Reply #42 on: June 17, 2015, 06:19:52 PM »
Very nice Rolf! Makes my wired, spouted tuna can look like......a wired, spouted tuna can. ;D

Good one, James!
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