RE: possible sources for sheet lead and mineral/ transformer oil?

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Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

If you're planning on using them for radiation
shielding, I'd try and research what they're really
made of. Are they pure lead, or an alloy?

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

 > Original poster: "Daniel A. Kline"
 > <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu>
 >
 > I got all the lead I could ever use just for the
 > asking at a discount
 > tire place that installed nothing but recaps.
 > Serious discount ;)  Used
 > tire-weights were all over the place, in barrels,
 > etc. They didn't want
 > them.
 > Dan K.
 >
 >  > -----Original Message-----
 >  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >  > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:33 AM
 >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Subject: Re: possible sources for sheet lead and
 > mineral/
 >  > transformer oil?
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "Jack Vandam"
 > <snotoir7674g-at-mindspring-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Thanks, Scot.  That's what someone else suggested
 > too.  Seems
 >  > fairly simple
 >  > and for just a few dollars invested.  I'll be
 > trying it soon.
 >  >
 >  > Jack
 >  >
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:57 PM
 >  > Subject: Re: possible sources for sheet lead and
 > mineral/
 >  > transformer oil?
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: "BunnyKiller"
 > <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > If you have lead    a rectangle cookie sheet
 > a propane
 >  > burner ( outdoor
 >  >  > type ) and a cast iron pot  you can make lead
 > sheets
 >  > just make sure
 >  > there
 >  >  > is no moisture on the cookie sheet
 > spattering lead is no fun...
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Scot D
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >  >
 >  >  > >Original poster: "Jack Vandam"
 > <snotoir7674g-at-mindspring-dot-com>
 >  >  > >Thanks again, Jim, for these additional
 > suggestions.  Too
 >  > bad I can't use
 >  >  > >the lead I have.  I must have 150 lbs or more
 > of it, but it's in
 >  > chunks,etc
 >  >  > >and would have to be melted down/ flattened
 > before using
 >  > as sheets.
 >  >  > >
 >  >  > >Jack
 >  >  >
 >  >  >