[SEL] babbitt grades

[Rob Skinner]

If I recall correctly, antimony oxidizes more readily that the other  
component metals of babbitt.  The antimony oxidizes, you skim off the  
dross, and the remaining material is not what you put in the pot.

Rob



> Hi Ray, HOW THE HELL do pour babbitt without "reheating" heating it?
> (It was heated at least once in order to make the ingots that you
> buy.) Use what the hell you want--but don't heat it, for "it loses
> some of its chemical or alloy make up."
>