[SEL] white metal for bearings (Babbitt)
jbcast at charter.net
jbcast at charter.net
Tue Jul 8 20:21:10 PDT 2008
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> Peter,
> I wished I had some way to get babbitt to you. I have some NOS Jackson
> Wheeler high speed nickel babbitt in about 3 lb ingots. I'd sell it to you
> for $5 / lb. Its probably worth more than that for scrap. I bought about a
> ton of the stuff several years ago (didn't aim to buy it but I made the guy
> an offer and he said "its yours".) I've sold it to a lot of folks for one
> cylinders, Model T's and other applications. All that have used it are very
> pleased with it. Here's what it looks like:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/Lcjudge/Misc/photo#5160269484786225074
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
Tommy,
If you could bring 9lbs to Portland I'd like to buy it. I have some I bought when Nadler Foundry went out of business, and odds and ends bars of which I don't know the composition.
J.B. Castagnos
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