[SEL] How do I tell Babbitt from Lead?

[Alan Bowen]

Thank you very much, John and Tommy.

I used my little Kabar 1226 to tap it and then went out to my engine shed and tapped a bar of babbitt.  I also tapped some known lead.

This is lead.  Cool ringing sound on babbitt, John.

Then I used the same Kaber 1226 to carve a bit.  Again,,,, This is lead.
The way that R is stamped on it I was hoping for a different result, but oh well,,, 8>))

Thanks again guys !!!!

This list IS great.

Alan Bowen
Williamsburg, Michigan

Judge Tommy Turner <lcjudge at scrtc.com> wrote: Alan,
    Lead is much softer than babbitt.  Babbitt is an alloy potentially 
containing nickel, tin, copper, etc.  You can take a pocket knife and 
easily "shave" the edge of a chunk of lead.  With babbitt, its not so 
easy.  I'm sure there is some type of density test that could be done to 
determine the make up of your material.  Melting point is possibly 
another way to tell as pure lead would be considerably lower than 
babbitt (I would think).

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



Alan Bowen wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>Isn't some babbitt partly lead?
>
>I just put up some pictures of a heavy chunk of lead or babbitt.
>I would like to know which it is.
>Is the a chemical or weight test I can do?
>A scratch or burn test????
>
>Please take a look here.
>http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4465727&a=32593365&f=
>
>Thanks a bunch,
>
>Alan Bowen
>Williamsburg, Michigan
>
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