May 212013
Shipment of 60 lbs. of lead bars.
In woodworking when I need to apply weight over a larger area I commonly use lead weight to press materials being glued together. On a project I’m working on my stockpile of lead was insufficient to do the job so I contacted a lead casting buddy and asked if he had any surplus to sell. He offered up a lot of 180 pounds of the dull metal that had been cast with antimony [and therefore was not useful for his ultra hard cast product] at 30% over spot–which in such small amounts is a really good price. I took possession of the first shipment yesterday (about 60 lbs).
Another shipment arrived. Check out the pictures here:
http://brianpaonessa.com/blog/heavy-art-photos/
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Brian Paonessa
For the last 10 years I have been an Internet marketer and web developer with a passion for large system integration projects. I've spent the last few years working for a small fireworks company (Skylighter llc) helping individuals and government clients with pyrotechnic projects. my day to day tasks focus mostly on web development tasks and keeping the Skylighter email marketing machine pumping out good content and offers.
[…] PS: You can check out the post about my first shipment here: http://brianpaonessa.com/blog/lead-the-othe… […]
I always thought lead should not be handled because of its effects on humans?????
Well lead, like many metals, it’s toxic when concentrations in your system get to high.
What levels are toxic depend on ones age and many other factors, but in all cases that level is much, much higher then one would encounter from handling a block of metal then washing hands before eating.