A printer gave me all of his remaining linotype...

J

junker

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Kind of disappointing... :(

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It is a very hard lead alloy, diluted with softer lead it is used to make hard cast bullets.
When we shut down out type & went digital I was given over 6,000Lbs:eek: of the stuff to move as everybody was unloading their hot press type.
 
Sad but True

We scrounge when we can !!!!

I cast some bullets for a fellow shooter & he paid me with 15# linotype :eek:
& he furnished the lead to cast with !!
I told em to let me know when he needed more :D
 
I bought some way back when, and it was amazingly hard.



There was another kind of lead that was used to cast full sheets of type, although I can't find it online in any references. Type was punched into heavy fiberboard. Molten alloy was injected into a mold that was faced with this punched sheet. the result was a round printing press plate.

This wasn't linotype metal, it was softer and brittle. Any type metal that you find that's in full sheets should be taken with a grain of salt.
 
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