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SciFiJim
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That is just too freakin cool!
1SOW
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X-Rays aren't particulate. No risk.
But if you are worried , I have a shelf that will hold them
But if you are worried , I have a shelf that will hold them
Wilburt
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I talked to someone I know that works in radiation:
Maj Dad
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Those things are supposed to of a known purity (something like 98% I believe) to insure they stop all those vigorous rays. I used to have a huge supply of the smaller containers the isotopes were transported in, and they were all nearly pure lead. I used 50-50 bar solder to alloy it but I can't imagine what it costs now. Muzzle loaders (and fishermen) didn't need to, but if you're shooting anything but 38s with 2.7 BE, you need some hardener. Right before I left Alamogordo NM (Holloman AFB) to move here to Sumter (Shaw AFB) I saw 2 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights in a mechanics shop, and asked if I could have some. He gave me the whole enchilada, and helped me put it in my truck. I had to unload it piece meal, but I still have 4 or 5 50 cal ammo cans full in the shop after 8 or 9 years. It must be the old stuff because when I cast with it they are relatively hard. I try to do all my casting in the fall/winter, for obvious reasons. I'll go on a casting binge for a week or two and do up enough for most of the year. Right now, all the casting stuff is put up
Those things are supposed to of a known purity (something like 98% I believe) to insure they stop all those vigorous rays. I used to have a huge supply of the smaller containers the isotopes were transported in, and they were all nearly pure lead. I used 50-50 bar solder to alloy it but I can't imagine what it costs now. Muzzle loaders (and fishermen) didn't need to, but if you're shooting anything but 38s with 2.7 BE, you need some hardener. Right before I left Alamogordo NM (Holloman AFB) to move here to Sumter (Shaw AFB) I saw 2 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights in a mechanics shop, and asked if I could have some. He gave me the whole enchilada, and helped me put it in my truck. I had to unload it piece meal, but I still have 4 or 5 50 cal ammo cans full in the shop after 8 or 9 years. It must be the old stuff because when I cast with it they are relatively hard. I try to do all my casting in the fall/winter, for obvious reasons. I'll go on a casting binge for a week or two and do up enough for most of the year. Right now, all the casting stuff is put up
Maj Dad
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Alloy Purity
Those things are supposed to of a known purity (something like 98% I believe) to insure they stop all those rays. I used to have a huge supply of the smaller containers the isotopes were transported in, and they were all pure lead. I used 50-50 bar solder to alloy it but I can't imagine what it costs now. Muzzle loaders (and fishermen) didn't need to, but if you're shooting anything but 38s with 2.7 BE, you need some hardener. Right before I left Alamogordo NM (Holloman AFB) to move here to Sumter (Shaw AFB) I saw 2 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights in a mechanics shop, and asked if I could have some. He gave me the whole enchilada, and helped me put it in my truck. I had to unload it piece meal, but I still have 4 or 5 50 cal ammo cans full in the shop after 8 or 9 years. It must be the old stuff because when I cast with it they are relatively hard. I try to do all my casting in the fall/winter, for obvious reasons. I'll go on a casting binge for a week or two and do up enough for most of the year. Right now, all the casting stuff is put up
Those things are supposed to of a known purity (something like 98% I believe) to insure they stop all those rays. I used to have a huge supply of the smaller containers the isotopes were transported in, and they were all pure lead. I used 50-50 bar solder to alloy it but I can't imagine what it costs now. Muzzle loaders (and fishermen) didn't need to, but if you're shooting anything but 38s with 2.7 BE, you need some hardener. Right before I left Alamogordo NM (Holloman AFB) to move here to Sumter (Shaw AFB) I saw 2 5-gallon bucket of wheel weights in a mechanics shop, and asked if I could have some. He gave me the whole enchilada, and helped me put it in my truck. I had to unload it piece meal, but I still have 4 or 5 50 cal ammo cans full in the shop after 8 or 9 years. It must be the old stuff because when I cast with it they are relatively hard. I try to do all my casting in the fall/winter, for obvious reasons. I'll go on a casting binge for a week or two and do up enough for most of the year. Right now, all the casting stuff is put up
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