Sources for tin, antimony, etc

[Leftoverdj]

The last of my tin beer coil tubing just went into the pot and I'm down to 50 pounds of scrap lino. I don't expect to ever find either of those again. What are you folks using to sweeten WW metal?

I'm cheap and a pretty good scrounger, but if I have to buy new tin and antimony, I will. Give me some ideas for what is out there as scrap and the address of anyone selling tin/antimony ingots for alloying on the East Coast of the US, if you will.

[John Traveler]

If you have to buy tin it can get pretty expensive.

I found the most convenient source to be common solder, the 50% tin/50% lead variety marked 50 Sn/50Pb.

If you have to purchase new solder, that can get pricey.

Another alternative is to find an electronic surplus place that salvages lead solder from printed circuit cards and equipment.  Electronic solder is high in tin content, typically 67/37 tin/lead alloy.

For most of my bullet casting needs, common auto wheel weights melted down and with sufficient tin added to make molds fill out completely work fine.

[Lloyd Smale]

try animonyman.com or theantinomyman@hotmail.com