This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment OK, here I am to supply more information than anyone really wants to = know. (So, what's new?) I suppose the best way to recycle them would be for fishing weights, = although unless you do a lot of deep-sea fishing for say, Cod, you won't = need many four pound weights. With Cod, you're fishing at about 600 = feet, so they really come in handy.=20 The lead in key weights is not really suited for casting bullets. = It's dead soft, pure lead. If you're going to make useful bullets out of = it, you have to alloy it with two substances; tin and antimony. Antimony = we used to get from type-setters, but they don't do it that way any = more, so the source for linotype has pretty much dried up. And has = anyone tried buying a pound of solder lately? Tin's pretty expensive, = seeing how we don't have any natural resources of it in this country.=20 We're all worried about lead, but I wonder......... Where did it = come from? Answer; mines,,,,,,,,(in the ground.) Where's it going to = end up? In the ground. But, if we can save a little money by not = having to excavate it, then it should be recycled, obviously. We don't = want to bring it up from deep in the Earth to leech into our water = table, but our landfills shouldn't be draining into our water-table = anyway. Who wants to drink garbage? =20 Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: A440A@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: Re: old leads > Is there any use for the lead key weights? > If not, what is the best way to get rid of them? Lead is toxic. Reusing them is problematic, you have a lead = exposure=20 problem unless you store them tightly, and even then, they are = lopsided and=20 less likely to fit the holes you may need to drill.=20 I take mine to the gun store, where the reloaders that make their = own=20 bullets use them. These are usually destined for the gun range, which = is=20 already thoroughly polluted. =20 If you throw them away, they simply go somewhere else to poison = things. =20 Regards,=20 Ed Foote ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e4/74/f6/43/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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