Just got a heap of linotype today, and for stiorgage purposes i want to melt it down into ingots...is advisable or is it better to leave it as is
Daniel

M 98,
I tend to melt, flux and make ingots of all my lead finds. The key is to mark them permanently. I have about fifty pounds of ingots from a number of sources that I did not mark and cannot remember what they are! After ten or fifteen years, the piles get mixed up. Arrgh!
Just be sure to label them.
Bfly

BF
im specifically refering to linotype, not lead wheel weights, im not sure if i melt the linotype i might be "burning stuff" out of it that is useful
Daniel

keep the temp down when melting it you will be fine.
lino melts at 600 easily enough.

doesnt matter either way.

I melt my wheelweights into one pound ingots and my linotype into one-half pound ingots.