50 Lbs of Lead Printer Foundry Type Pie Mixed NO RESERVE Casting Reload or Art

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50 Lbs of Lead Printer Foundry Type Pie Mixed NO RESERVE Casting Reload or Art:
$91.00

50 pound plus of mixed printers type, Pie, this is just type, no spacing material.
This lot is for 100% Printer type, according to Wikipedia,Foundry type alloy 18% Tin, 28% Antimony and 54% lead. Traditional loose hand set type, may contain some copper. This is a harder mix than Ludlow or Linotype metal alloy. May also contain some Monotype which is common in old print shops. and ships in a flat rate medium box anywhere in USA. Description of Type Metal
This metal is a alloy of Tin, Antimony and Lead.Type metal compositions from Wikipedia
% % % Tin Antimony LeadSlugcasting alloy 3 11 86 Ludlow/Intertype/Linotype composition for limited use and for making stereosEutectic alloy 4 12 84 Often used on slug casters and for Monotype/Elrod spacing materialStereotype alloy 7 15 78 More durable intended for long print runs and curved printing platesMonotype alloy 10 16 74 Most durable machine set intended to be remelted, sometimes hand setFoundry type alloy 18 28 54 Traditional loose hand set type, may contain some copper